20 January 2022
Arrest linked to $7.5M drug import
13 January 2022
$8M cash seizure as part of money laundering investigation
2021 Media Statements
Operation Ironside: Eight men to face court after targeted police activity in NSW - 17 December 2021
Cash and illicit drug seizures as part of ongoing investigations - 17 December 2021
NSWCC and ILGA Media Release: Poker Machine and Money Laundering Inquiry
NSW Government Media Release: Poker Machine and Money Laundering Inquiry
Man charged over $2M cocaine seizure - 5 November 2021
Charge laid over murder of Wellington man - 1 November 2021
Media Release: Investigation into Eddie Obeid and Family - 22 October 2021
$1M drug seizure leads to arrests - 16 September 2021
Seizure of Pseudoephedrine worth $1.4 Million - 31 August 2021
Charges laid over Mejid Hamzy shooting - 14 July 2021
Arrests made after large cocaine and ‘ice’ seizure - 12 July 2021
$1.5M worth of 'ice' seized - 2 July 2021
Opium seizure valued at $45,000 - 18 June 2021
Charges laid over conspiracy to supply $900M of cocaine - 4 June 2021
$155M Cocaine Seizure - 20 May 2021
Charges laid over Illawarra drug syndicate - 14 May 2021
Six men set to be charged in international $47M cocaine investigation - 31 March 2021
Cocaine filled vessel seized off NSW coast, one man arrested - 17 March 2021
$4M of prohibited drugs seized - 10 March 2021
Two men arrested as part of cocaine supply investigation - 23 February 2021
Large-scale fraud results in three arrests - 18 February 2021
Man arrested after $5.8M cocaine import - 18 February 2021
Regional drug supply disrupted as drug syndicate dismantled - 18 February 2021
One man charged after ‘ice’ and $400,000 cash seizure - 15 February 2021
Two men charged after $3M 'ice' importation - 8 February 2021
Older Statements
Michael Barnes appointed as NSW Crime Commissioner - 1 August 2020
Two arrested as clandestine drug laboratory dismantled - 13 July 2020
Three charged over drug distribution Syndicate - 9 July 2020
7 year investigation into organised crime syndicate leads to arrests -17 June 2020
Large scale drug syndicate arrests in NSW Wellington-Dubbo region - 17 June 2020
Commission proceedings Against Damion Flower - 24 May 2019
Joint Operation Astatine spurs further arrests in Europe - 4 July 2018
Drug lab discovered in Sydney home - July 2018
Joint operation to dismantle encrypted communications - March 2018
Retirement of the Commissioner - November 2017
Operation Prospect - June 2017