The upgrades and equipment will assist with the safe and secure delivery of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), which will be hosted in Samoa in October, 2024.

More than 60 RPNGC cadets are scheduled to undertake the training over the next four months with training being delivered in north Queensland and Sydney to enhance their policing and leadership skills.

The AFP seized the drugs, which were hidden in the sliding door panels of vehicles that were destined for New South Wales.

The AFP alleged that passenger was intoxicated at the time of the incident.

The talented dogs have attended more than 70 search warrants in 2024, sniffing out mobile phones, sim cards, USBs, laptops, and digital cameras, which were often hidden in obscure places.

"That’s $92 million worth of this insidious drug that won’t end up on our streets."

Commissioner Kershaw, who assumed office in October 2019, brings a wealth of experience, having previously served as the Northern Territory Police Commissioner and chief executive of Fire and Emergency Services.

The AFP is working with state and territory police to work through the 119 reports of crime involving Australian businesses and individuals who were targeted by LockBit.

The individual responsible for the purchase, a 31-year-old man, had been sentenced to imprisonment in August 2023 for his involvement in an $800,000 GST fraud scheme.

The defendant faces a grave charge of trafficking in commercial quantities of controlled drugs, as outlined in sections 302.2(1) and 11.2(1) of the Criminal Code 1995 (Cth), with a maximum penalty of life imprisonment looming over him.