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Police make arrest in money laundering investigation, cryptocurrency seized at Townsville
Detectives from the Crime and Intelligence Command’s Major and Organised Crime Squad (MOCS) Northern Region arrested a 37-year-old Townsville man and seized $165,000 worth of crypto currency, as part of operation Sierra Avalanche, an investigation into alleged money laundering.
Detectives charged the man with five money laundering offences as a result of search warrants on his Garbutt residence and Townsville business address on April 13, where cryptocurrency and eight vials of steroids were located and seized.
He is due to re-appear at the Townsville Magistrates Court on October 6.
Arrest in money laundering investigation, cryptocurrency seized, Townsville
Detectives from the Crime and Intelligence Command’s Major and Organised Crime Squad (MOCS) Northern Region arrested a 37-year-old Townsville man and seized $165,000 worth of crypto currency, as part of operation Sierra Avalanche, an investigation into alleged money laundering.
Detectives charged the man with five money laundering offences as a result of search warrants on his Garbutt residence and Townsville business address on April 13, where cryptocurrency and eight vials of steroids were located and seized.
He is due to re-appear at the Townsville Magistrates Court on October 6.
The operation commenced in August 2020 to investigate the alleged money laundering of $2.5 million worth of proceeds of crime in 2020 by the man.
The mountains are calling, but the siren song has been especially dangerous this year.
From Alaska to Wyoming, dozens of skiers, snowboarders and other outdoor enthusiasts who see the backcountry as a refuge have been caught in barreling waves of snow and ice in one of the deadliest avalanche seasons in modern history.
For the record:
1:57 PM, Mar. 08, 2021An earlier version of this article stated avalanche victims can asphyxiate from breathing in carbon monoxide. They can die by breathing in exhaled carbon dioxide.
On Feb. 27, four snowmobilers were caught in an icy deluge on Tiger Peak, north of a ghost town in Idaho. Two riders were buried, and one died while trapped under the snow. The week before, two other snowmobilers died in back-to-back avalanches over two days.
The mountains are calling, but the siren song has been especially dangerous this year.
From Alaska to Wyoming, dozens of skiers, snowboarders and other outdoor enthusiasts who see the backcountry as a refuge have been caught in barreling waves of snow and ice in one of the deadliest avalanche seasons in modern history.
For the record:
10:50 AM, Mar. 08, 2021An earlier version of this article stated avalanche victims can asphyxiate from breathing in carbon monoxide. They can die by breathing in exhaled carbon dioxide.
On Feb. 27, four snowmobilers were caught in an icy deluge on Tiger Peak, north of a ghost town in Idaho. Two riders were buried, and one died while trapped under the snow. The week before, two other snowmobilers died in back-to-back avalanches over two days.