Results

Crime Stoppers results since the program commenced

Most Significant Apprehensions 

• At least 10 murders and three attempt murders (double murders at Lonsdale and Port Augusta, murders at Gawler, Campbelltown, Evanston and attempt murder at Greenwith and Salisbury)
• $5 million arson to the Unley High School
• $1 million arson to the Fairview Park Primary School
• Arrest of 4 people for a $1 million arson to a Southern Suburbs Primary School
• $1 million arson to a Western Suburbs retail store
• Arrest of 3 juveniles for a $1 million arson to the Safcol Factory at Elizabeth
• $200,000 arson at the Port Augusta High School
• $150,000 arson to a private residence
• $500,000 vandalism to graves at the Cheltenham Cemetery
• $104,000 vandalism to the water treatment plant at Happy Valley
• Arrest of numerous persons for Armed Robbery Offences
• Arrest of a man responsible for a $131,000 fraud on the St Georges Bank
• Arrest of numerous people for drug offences, including:
  
  • Operating clandestines amphetamine manufacturing laboratories
  • Large scale cannabis cultivation (including hydroponics)
  • Possession of prohibited drugs including cannabis, heroin, amphetamines and ecstasy for sale. (Including arrest of male with 1 tonne of dried cannabis ready for sale)

These results reflect and reinforce the value of the successful partnership formed between Crime Stoppers, South Australia Police, Media and the Community