CANBERRA, ACT, April 4 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:

This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police, Victoria Police, Australian Border Force and Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission

Editor's note:Vision and images of warrants and arrests included via Hightail.

Nine men have been charged for their alleged links to a syndicate behind a large-scale conspiracy to import tonnes of illicit drugs into Victoria and traffic drugs around the country.

The ten-month investigation, Operation Bruce Cremorne, was run by the Victorian Joint Organised Crime Taskforce (JOCTF), which includes the AFP, Victoria Police, Australian Border Force (ABF) and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Comm...