Drug trafficking

SOHAIR ADAS made this Freedom of Information request to Department of Defence

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Dear Department of Defence,

To whom it may concern

I am seeking the following documents under the Freedom Of information Act 1982 as a Journalism student currently studying at Macleay College in regards to a Drug trafficking case called the “ Drug trafficking, money laundering bust sees five men, including Melbourne music promoter, arrested in joint NSW Police-FBI investigation updated on the 11 Sep 2015.

please provide me with the following:

Any documents or a form of evidence that shows the 300 kilograms of cocaine
Any map, drawing or a photograph of the plan to import the drugs into Australia
Photograph or video of cash, cannabis and steroids seized at the Kellyville home in Sydney North-west

please notify me if this request requires fee’s

Thank you in advance

Regards

SOHAIR ADAS

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Dear Mr Adas,

         

Your Freedom of Information Request

 

I refer to your application dated 30 September 2015 to the Department of
Defence (DoD), in which you seek access to documents under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (the Act).

 

As you will have been advised, DoD have transferred this request to the
Australian Federal Police (AFP).

 

 

Information considered irrelevant to the scope of your request

 

The AFP, in its management of FOI requests, excludes the following
information on the basis that is irrelevant to the scope of a request:

 

-      Names of AFP members, other than the Senior Executive.

-      Direct telephone numbers and mobile telephone numbers of AFP
members.

-      Duplicate documents, including duplicate emails.  The AFP will only
provide emails where they form a final email chain and the
authors/recipients are contained within the final email. 

-      Information that is publicly available, for example, newspaper
articles, online publications including information available on the AFP
Information Publication Scheme and the AFP disclosure log.

 

If you object to the AFP excluding any of the above information, please
advise this office within seven days of receipt of this letter.

 

Your request was received by this DoD on 30 September 2015 and the 30 day
statutory period for processing your request commenced from that date.

 

You will be notified of any charges in accordance with the Freedom of
Information (Fees and Charges) Regulations, should they apply, in relation
to your request as soon as practicable. 

 

Information Publication Scheme

 

Please be advised that in accordance with section 8(2) of the Act, an
agency is required to publish information on their website following the
notification of a decision in respect of a freedom of information
request. 

 

The requirement to publish information released under FOI reinforces the
objectives of the FOI Act to promote a pro-disclosure culture across
government and to increase recognition that information held by government
is a national resource.  Exceptions to the requirement to publish
information would apply to personal information and information concerning
the business affairs of a person if it was considered ‘unreasonable’ to do
so.  Details of the decision may be published in a Disclosure Log which
can be found at
[1]http://www.afp.gov.au/about-the-afp/info....

 

If, however, after noting the above, you wish to raise any concerns about
the publication of information concerning your request prior to the
notification of a decision, please advise this office in writing before 30
October 2015.  If you do not raise any concerns prior to the date of the
decision, the AFP will publish the information as notified to you in the
decision.

 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

ON BEHALF OF COORDINATOR
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
LEGAL

Tel +61(0) 2 61316131

[2]www.afp.gov.au

 

UNCLASSIFIED

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Good morning


I refer to your emailed request for documentation under the Freedom of Information Act 1982 submitted to the Department of Defence on 30 Sep 15.

Noting that the content of your application is more closely connected with the functions of the Australian Federal Police than with those of Defence your request has been transferred to the Australian Federal Police for action under section 16(1)(b) of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act.

A member of the Australian Federal Police Information Access team will be in contact with you in the near future.

Contact details for the Australian Federal Police Information Access team are as follows:

Telephone: 02 6131 6131

Email: [email address]

Defence now considers this matter closed.

Regards

FOI Operations
[email address]
02 6266 2200

www.defence.gov.au/foi

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Dear Mr Adas,

         

Your Freedom of Information Request

 

I refer to your application dated 1 October 2015 to the Department of
Defence (DoD), in which you seek access to documents under the Freedom of
Information Act 1982 (the Act).

 

As you will have been advised, DoD have transferred this request to the
Australian Federal Police (AFP).

 

 

Information considered irrelevant to the scope of your request

 

The AFP, in its management of FOI requests, excludes the following
information on the basis that is irrelevant to the scope of a request:

 

-      Names of AFP members, other than the Senior Executive.

-      Direct telephone numbers and mobile telephone numbers of AFP
members.

-      Duplicate documents, including duplicate emails.  The AFP will only
provide emails where they form a final email chain and the
authors/recipients are contained within the final email. 

-      Information that is publicly available, for example, newspaper
articles, online publications including information available on the AFP
Information Publication Scheme and the AFP disclosure log.

 

If you object to the AFP excluding any of the above information, please
advise this office within seven days of receipt of this letter.

 

Your request was received by this DoD on 1 October 2015 and the 30 day
statutory period for processing your request commenced from that date.

 

You will be notified of any charges in accordance with the Freedom of
Information (Fees and Charges) Regulations, should they apply, in relation
to your request as soon as practicable. 

 

Information Publication Scheme

 

Please be advised that in accordance with section 8(2) of the Act, an
agency is required to publish information on their website following the
notification of a decision in respect of a freedom of information
request. 

 

The requirement to publish information released under FOI reinforces the
objectives of the FOI Act to promote a pro-disclosure culture across
government and to increase recognition that information held by government
is a national resource.  Exceptions to the requirement to publish
information would apply to personal information and information concerning
the business affairs of a person if it was considered ‘unreasonable’ to do
so.  Details of the decision may be published in a Disclosure Log which
can be found at
[1]http://www.afp.gov.au/about-the-afp/info....

 

If, however, after noting the above, you wish to raise any concerns about
the publication of information concerning your request prior to the
notification of a decision, please advise this office in writing before 31
October 2015.  If you do not raise any concerns prior to the date of the
decision, the AFP will publish the information as notified to you in the
decision.

 

 

Yours sincerely,

 

ON BEHALF OF COORDINATOR
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION
LEGAL
[2]cid:image001.gif@01D0FC2B.6A15EF00
Tel +61(0) 2 61316131

[3]www.afp.gov.au

 

UNCLASSIFIED

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