Phil Hickey

Oct 27, 2024 | thewest.com.au | Phil Hickey

Chris Duke knows all too well the mental health challenges young men can face. In the space of just six weeks in the middle of last year, the 36-year-old lost his mother and then he and his pregnant wife lost their first baby of around 20 weeks.

Oct 25, 2024 | thewest.com.au | Phil Hickey

Two men charged over an extraordinary $137 million cocaine seizure in WA last year are facing long prison sentences after they pleaded guilty to playing a major role in the drug importation plot. Mate Stipinovich and Aristides Avlonitis were among three men arrested and charged early last year following a bizarre chain of events off the coast of Albany in February 2023, which made international headlines.

Oct 25, 2024 | thewest.com.au | Phil Hickey

A Perth man’s mobile phone which allegedly contained a sickening trove of child abuse material has led to a tip-off to the FBI and the arrest of a dental worker in the US who is now facing abhorrent sex charges. Disturbing details about the FBI and Australian Federal Police investigation can be revealed after the local tip-off recently led FBI investigators to a US-based dental assistant who allegedly filmed and then shared a video of himself carrying out a sexual assault at his workplace.

Oct 24, 2024 | thewest.com.au | Phil Hickey |Emily Moulton

Two people — including a man in his mid-70s — are facing serious charges after police allegedly found a huge quantity of meth and cash following a traffic stop and a raid on a Perth home. Bang Trinh, 76 and Hung Cuong Vo, 55, were arrested and charged after police officers conducted a border search area operation at Perth Airport on Tuesday.

Oct 24, 2024 | thewest.com.au | Phil Hickey

Police have allegedly uncovered dozens of 3D-printed guns at a Perth home and buried in bush and have seized millions of dollars worth of methamphetamine — and say they have taken out a “significant’ member of an organised crime gang in the process. A 36-year-old man is facing almost 50 charges after detectives seized 21 privately made 3D-printed firearms, meth and cash during several searches of homes and bushland last week.