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This episode BUSTED take a look at some very BAD SANTAS over the years from arson to bank robbers all for the last episode for 2021 ****************************************************************************** BUSTED cuts through the fluff of the mainstream news by bringing you everything you need to know about crime in your community. BUSTED’s weekly commentary gives you the best access to experts, Rohan Pike and Heath Michael, as they explain to you the tricks of the criminal trade and the latest methods police are using to bust these bad guys! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sign up to the Insiders List https://bustedau.com.au/signup/ ****************************************************************************** Something not so good is baking this episode on Busted Rohan, the husband and wife owners of a Sydney cake store have been charged over a range of human trafficking and slavery offences. A major drug operation targeting the alleged trafficking of methylamphetamine and cannabis throughout Queensland's central highlands has wrapped on Monday, leading to the arrest of 20 people. And, an American national has been charged over allegedly scamming millions of dollars from retirees in Sydney. ****************************************************************************** BUSTED cuts through the fluff of the mainstream news by bringing you everything you need to know about crime in your community. BUSTED’s weekly commentary gives you the best access to experts, Rohan Pike and Heath Michael, as they explain to you the tricks of the criminal trade and the latest methods police are using to bust these bad guys! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sign up to the Insiders List https://bustedau.com.au/signup/ ****************************************************************************** On this episode we look at Perth man arrested after Mounties allegedly find drugs hidden behind painting, 1.5kg cocaine found in a playstation and 30 people busted in a drug operation. ****************************************************************************** BUSTED cuts through the fluff of the mainstream news by bringing you everything you need to know about crime in your community. BUSTED’s weekly commentary gives you the best access to experts, Rohan Pike and Heath Michael, as they explain to you the tricks of the criminal trade and the latest methods police are using to bust these bad guys! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this episode of BUSTED we’re looking back at the most memorable stories from Busted. How time flies when you’re talking crime. For our regular viewers, you might remember some of these stories over the last 12 months. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sign up to the Insiders List https://bustedau.com.au/signup/ Three men have appeared before a Melbourne court after allegedly helming one of Australia’s biggest money laundering syndicates. Accused of purchasing the identities of hundreds of foreign students on the dark web to wash cash and move tens of millions of dollars offshore. Police allege the ring laundered at least $62 million of cash using the dormant bank accounts of 250 students who have returned to China after studying in Australia. A familiar face for BUSTED – glamorous bank worker is arrested AGAIN and charged with 112 offences over ‘sophisticated’ alleged scam. Former St George bank worker Sara Daizli, 29 was hit with more fraud charges on Thursday. This comes after she was charged with 15 fraud-related offences last December. Australians have been urged to exercise caution as thousands fall prey to a convincing new phone scam impersonating the Australian Border Force. Scamwatch has received more than 4940 reports of the scam – which involves someone claiming to be an Australian Border Force (ABF) officer – so far this year, clocking up more than $121,800 in financial losses. Under the ploy, unsuspecting individuals received a recorded message from the alleged officer, suggesting a parcel addressed to the person had been intercepted and seized for supposedly containing illegal components. BUSTED cuts through the fluff of the mainstream news by bringing you everything you need to know about crime in your community. BUSTED’s weekly commentary gives you the best access to experts, Rohan Pike and Heath Michael, as they explain to you the tricks of the criminal trade and the latest methods police are using to bust these bad guys! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sign up to the Insiders List https://bustedau.com.au/signup/ ****************************************************************************** On this episode of BUSTED, Rohan and Heath look the ABFs reported stats of $2 billion worth of illegal tobacco, the latest on a crackdown on gang activity in Launceston, a clandestine lab bust and a radical Islamic preacher jailed for selling drugs. ILLEGAL tobacco worth almost $2bn was seized at Australia's borders in the last financial year in a major crackdown on the black market trade controlled by organised crime syndicates. That’s triple on what they seized last year! Twenty people have been charged after a five-week crackdown on gangs in Launceston. The joint operation was between Tasmania Police and Australian Federal Police. Police seized a total of $143,000 in cash, as well as firearms and illicit drugs. Police raided residential, commercial and rural properties in Yarra Glen, Brighton East and Cheltenham as part of an investigation into the large-scale manufacture of methylamphetamine at short term rental properties. And a radical Islamic preacher has been jailed for a maximum of nine years for selling drugs to an undercover police officer. Get the full story on this episode of BUSTED. ****************************************************************************** BUSTED cuts through the fluff of the mainstream news by bringing you everything you need to know about crime in your community. BUSTED’s weekly commentary gives you the best access to experts, Rohan Pike and Heath Michael, as they explain to you the tricks of the criminal trade and the latest methods police are using to bust these bad guys! SHOW LESS See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sign up to the Insiders List https://bustedau.com.au/signup/ ****************************************************************************** A Tassie drug bust uncovers a lot more than meets the eye. Hundreds of thousands of dollars stolen from a local post office. And a shocking attack leaves a man with serious burns. Tasmanian police, the AFP and Border Force have arrested two men in Hobart, allegedly in connection to an importation of Ice with a potential street value of nearly $5 million. Police monitored a parcel first detected between multiple addresses before nabbing the suspects. You’ll never believe what it was hidden in! A couple have been arrested for allegedly stealing nearly $430,000 over two years from Australia Post. The very complex and calculated operations saw the money go into 30 different bank accounts. What’s worse? One of the pair was an employee of the local post office they allegedly stole from. Find out more here. And a horrifying attack in Brisbane was uncovered after a man allegedly poured an unknown substance on another man. The screams we’re described like that of a ‘dying bull’. Find out more about this story here. ****************************************************************************** BUSTED cuts through the fluff of the mainstream news by bringing you everything you need to know about crime in your community. BUSTED’s weekly commentary gives you the best access to experts, Rohan Pike and Heath Michael, as they explain to you the tricks of the criminal trade and the latest methods police are using to bust these bad guys! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sign up to the Insiders List https://bustedau.com.au/signup/ ****************************************************************************** A very creative excuse from this Queenslander as to why he was in possession of drugs and other drug paraphernalia. Kym Sweet claimed that he had two distinct personas or two different personalities, one of which he claims is not subject to Queensland law. Find out the bizarre his reasoning he laid out in court! A 30-something-year-old woman, living with her mother in Dubbo, has been found to be heavily involved in a major drug syndicate, running the communications management for the syndicate boss. Find out what police found! Ryan Thomas Webster-Mill allegedly made off with over $4,000 worth of cigarettes, vapes and tobacco products, which no doubt he’d be able to offload for quite a price on the black market. You won't believe what police have alleged he did in court! ****************************************************************************** BUSTED cuts through the fluff of the mainstream news by bringing you everything you need to know about crime in your community. BUSTED’s weekly commentary gives you the best access to experts, Rohan Pike and Heath Michael, as they explain to you the tricks of the criminal trade and the latest methods police are using to bust these bad guys! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sign up to the Insiders List https://bustedau.com.au/signup/ ****************************************************************************** On this episode BUSTED take a look at more celebrities who think they’re above the law, a scam that netted thousands from an unsuspecting woman in her 80s and a man arrested for allegedly trying to smuggle hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of meth into the country. Rohan and Heath chat about drug laws after a Instagram influencer gets caught snorting a white substance online - breaching COVID orders in Melbourne. An elderly woman contacted on social media by a man pretending to be an AFP officer was allegedly convinced to withdraw nearly $25,000, which he then collected from her home. Find out how the cops caught the alleged scammer. And NSW Police have charged a man over the alleged importation of $300,000 of ice hidden in industrial equipment, following a joint investigation with the Australian Border Force (ABF). ****************************************************************************** BUSTED cuts through the fluff of the mainstream news by bringing you everything you need to know about crime in your community. BUSTED’s weekly commentary gives you the best access to experts, Rohan Pike and Heath Michael, as they explain to you the tricks of the criminal trade and the latest methods police are using to bust these bad guys! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sign Up to The Insiders List https://bustedau.com.au/signup/ On this episode we look at an alleged online puppy scam which raked in tens of thousands of dollars, a huge bust from the AFP, Border Force and NSW Police, and a pensioner who allegedly pushed drugs from his retirement home. A man living at a quiet retirement village in Sydney’s north-west has been arrested after allegedly dealing drugs out of his unit. Police allege 62-year-old Gary Halford has been selling ice, cannabis and LSD from the Mountainview Retreat in Dural. Find out how the cops caught him! A huge tobacco bust linked to a bikie gang has been thwarted by a joint taskforce comprising of the AFP, ABF and NSW Police. $8 million worth of illegal tobacco were seized by Border Force officers after disassembling a cargo shipment. You won’t believe what they tried to hide it in. And unsuspecting prospective puppy owners have been scammed tens of thousands of dollars through a scam operating in Victoria. Find out how the 42 year old alleged con artist was caught! BUSTED cuts through the fluff of the mainstream news by bringing you everything you need to know about crime in your community. BUSTED’s weekly commentary gives you the best access to experts, Rohan Pike and Heath Michael, as they explain to you the tricks of the criminal trade and the latest methods police are using to bust these bad guys! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sign up to the Insiders List https://bustedau.com.au/signup/  ****************************************************************************** On this episode of BUSTED, Rohan and Heath look at a very series of arrests in connection to a very large drug seizure in Melbourne. An adult entertainment business owner’s strange weeks long rampage terrorising his neighbours and attacking police and a man who’s banned from being anywhere near an airport.  The owner of a male stripper and adult entertainment business has narrowly missed jail after an 'abhorrent' rampage through Brisbane. Find out what the man did during his scuffles with police... A Sunnybank Hills man has been banned from being near any airports and has had to surrender his passport after allegedly being involved in the importation of...illegal tobacco. Find out what the ABF are worried he might skip town. And a huge amount of drugs has been found in an alleged safe house in Melbourne. Five men have been charged allegedly in connection to the massive haul of methylamphetamine . What police uncovered in their investigations is shocking.  ****************************************************************************** BUSTED cuts through the fluff of the mainstream news by bringing you everything you need to know about crime in your community. BUSTED’s weekly commentary gives you the best access to experts, Rohan Pike and Heath Michael, as they explain to you the tricks of the criminal trade and the latest methods police are using to bust these bad guys! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

On this episode we look at a man who was once dubbed a success story for small businesses on a television commercial, pleading guilty to drugs charges. The Australian Border Force arrest a man for allegedly importing firearms and firearms parts from the US and thousands of dollars of vapes and illegal tobacco seized in Deniliquin. A man who was in a commercial, encouraging migrants to start small businesses in Australia has admitted to planning to import drugs into the country. Hamid Ranjbarian was arrested in 2019 for trying to smuggle 40kg of meth from the Middle East and Asia. Thousands of dollars in illegal tobacco products including vapes, chop chop and illegally imported cigarettes — have been seized from a Deniliquin business. Health workers from Murrumbidgee Local Health District found the items during a routine inspection. A 54 year old man has been arrested in Adelaide after Australian Border Force (ABF) officers located undeclared firearm parts concealed within his baggage on return to Australia from the United States of America. Find out what else cops found when they searched his house on this episode of BUSTED. BUSTED cuts through the fluff of the mainstream news by bringing you everything you need to know about crime in your community. BUSTED’s weekly commentary gives you the best access to experts, Rohan Pike and Heath Michael, as they explain to you the tricks of the criminal trade and the latest methods police are using to bust these bad guys! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.