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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tamsin Rose

FOUND: How do australian police taskforces get strange names like tromperie - You Need To See This

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Police naming operations are designed to identify the operation without giving any details. Composite: Guardian Design

New South Wales police last week arrested 15 people as part of Strike Force Wessex – an investigation into alleged organised criminal networks operating “dial-a-dealer” schemes.

But what does Wessex, an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in Great Britain, have to do with drug dealing and mobile phones across Sydney?

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