Drug Offences

Notorious drug kingpin Tony Mokbel smiles at reporters as he arrives at Victoria's Court of Appeal where he is seeking to overturn drug trafficking convictions from two decades ago.

A 43-year-old woman is charged with allegedly attempting to bring illicit drugs into Tasmania's Risdon prison whilst there as a "professional visitor".

A Fijian judge has sentenced one man to life in prison and handed down other jail terms of up to 55 years after the country's largest-ever drugs trial.

Adrian Russell, 27, appears in a Perth court on multiple charges after he allegedly fired shots at a tobacco store and pub earlier this month.

More than 320 grams of methylamphetamine and almost three kilograms of cannabis have been seized in Operation Xray Limbo so far, south-west of Mackay in central Queensland.

More than $18 million dollars worth of drugs is taken off the streets of Western Australia, as methamphetamine use skyrockets across the state.

Jasveen Sangha is the fifth and final defendant to be charged with the actor's death.

The latest wastewater survey reveals Australians have consumed record amounts of meth, cocaine and heroin. 

Norwegian diver Jon Birger Karlsen has been sentenced to almost 10 years in prison over an 80kg cocaine haul hidden on the hull of bulk carrier MV Stalo in Port of Newcastle in 2023.

WA Police in the region prosecute 366 drug offences between April and June 2025, the most for a quarter since 2017.

A Sydney man is the first person in Australia to be charged with supplying a potentially lethal nitazene-laced vape liquid in a "disturbing evolution" in the illicit drug trade.

Seven men have been found guilty in Fiji's largest-ever drug trial, which was closely watched by a public concerned over a growing meth scourge in the country. 

Two men will appear in court today after New South Wales Police seized more than $1 million worth of cocaine, cash and items alleged to be the proceeds of crime. Supplied: NSW Police

The ABC's Foreign Correspondent travels to cartel country in Mexico to see if the government's crackdown on drug cartels is working.

Tokyo's High Court has rejected expert evidence lawyers hoped would overturn drug trafficking charges against Perth grandmother Donna Nelson.

Dr Salvador Plasencia is charged with four counts of illegal distribution of the drug ketamine.

A Japanese court decides this week whether it will re-examine the case of an Australian woman convicted of smuggling almost two kilograms of methamphetamine into Japan. 

It is alleged the drugs were concealed in eight wooden crates declared as "UV protective fabrics".

The pair, who are aged 19 and 20, were stopped by Australian Border Force officers at Brisbane Airport on Tuesday last week after flying from a South-East Asian country. 

Four women have been charged over their role in the alleged cocaine-smuggling plot.