CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 10 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
A NSW man has been sentenced to 11 years and six months' imprisonment, with a non-parole period of six years and 11 months, for his role in a criminal syndicate responsible for importing 498kg of methamphetamine into Australia.
The man, 37, was sentenced in Sydney Central Local Court on 7 August, 2026, following an AFP investigation which linked him to the offending through intelligence obtained during Operation Ironside.
The AFP-led operation was a three-year investigation during which the AFP and FBI monitored criminals' communications through a dedicated encrypted communications platform, AN0M. The operation provided law enforcement unprecedented i...