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Australian Federal Police take control of the Solomon Islands capital of Honiara following three days of civil unrest. A nighttime curfew begins at 7:00 p.m. local time while rioting and looting continues in the Chinatown suburb of the city.
2021-11-26

Sam Gor drug lord Tse Chi Lop is arrested by police at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in Amsterdam. The Australian Federal Police are seeking to extradite him to face trial. Twenty law enforcement agencies assisted the operation, known as "Operation Kungur".
2021-01-22

Three adults and four children are found shot dead at a property in Margaret River, Western Australia. Police suspect murder-suicide.
2018-05-11

Australian Federal Police arrest naturalized North Korean Chan Han Choi for violating UN and Australian sanctions by acting as an economic agent for North Korea.
2017-12-17

Detainees at Australia's Christmas Island Immigration Reception and Processing Centre riot, following the death of an asylum seeker.
2015-11-9

Australian Federal Police foil an Islamic State inspired plot to carry out an attack at a World War One centenary event in Melbourne.
2015-04-18

A dozen members of the Australian Federal Police are expelled from Vanuatu, following a diplomatic row over the arrest of the Prime Minister of Vanuatu's private secretary in Australia last month. [http:--au.news.yahoo.com-thewest-a---world-13653101-australian-police-thrown-out-of-vanuatu- (AFP via Yahoo News Australia)]date=July 2019
2012-05-10

Up to 100 asylum seekers, many from Iran, riot again at Australia's Christmas Island Immigration Reception and Processing Centre.
2011-07-22

Australian Federal Police officers fire tear gas to subdue a riot by asylum seekers at the Christmas Island Immigration Reception and Processing Centre.
2011-07-20

The Government of Australia sends additional Australian Federal Police officers to Christmas Island following a series of riots at the Christmas Island Immigration Detention Centre.
2011-03-18