10:44 EDT, 9 February 2021
The family of a policeman who died in a motorbike crash on his way home form work have welcomed the birth of his baby son.
Baby boy Etzio was photographed with his late father Aaron Vidal s police hat in a heartwarming family snap to celebrate his birth.
Constable Vidal, 28, died after a ute collided with his motorcycle in Rouse Hill in Sydney s northwest on June 18 last year.
Before to his death, Mr Vidal and his fiancée Jess named their baby before he was born in January.
The newborn baby of a policeman who tragically died in a motorbike crash has been pictured with his father s hat in a heartwarming photo
An ABC presenter has escaped being sent to jail despite being convicted of selling drugs after a police raid uncovered a stash of illegal substances inside his Sydney CBD hotel room. Ashley Norman Hall, 50, on Friday sat in silence in Sydney s Downing Centre Local Court as he was sentenced for a string of drug offences following his December, 2019 arrest. The ABC radio journalist and presenter was tight lipped as he left court alongside his lawyer after he was sentenced to a 12-month community corrections order. According to an agreed statement of facts, police found a cache of ice, MDMA, cocaine, cannabis, LSD and the party drug gamma-Butyrolactone along with drug paraphernalia when they searched his 24th floor room at the Meriton Suites on Pitt Street.
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Ashley Hall, right, pleaded guilty to drug supply charges. Photo / NCA NewsWire
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By: Steve Zemek
An Australian radio presenter has escaped being sent to jail despite being convicted of selling drugs after a police raid uncovered a stash of illegal substances inside his Sydney CBD hotel room.
Ashley Norman Hall, 50, on Friday sat in silence in Sydney s Downing Centre Local Court as he was sentenced for a string of drug offences following his December 2019 arrest.
The ABC radio journalist and presenter was tight-lipped as he left court alongside his lawyer after he was sentenced to a 12-month community corrections order.
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Drugs, weapons and cash seized during drug supply investigation in Sydney City PAC
Three men will appear in court today charged after prohibited drugs, weapons and cash were seized during search warrants across Sydney yesterday.
In October last year, officers from Sydney City Police Area Command established Strike Force Fresno to investigate the large commercial supply of methylamphetamine across NSW.
During the course of the operation, police seized 280g of methylamphetamine, with an estimated potential street value of $207,000.
Following extensive inquiries, strike force investigators, assisted by specialist police from Surry Hills Region Enforcement Squad and the South West Metropolitan Region Operation Support Group, executed three search warrants in Drummoyne, Fairfield and Lane Cove yesterday (Wednesday 6 January 2020).