Federal police in Australia allege a transponder-deactivated “black flight” was used to smuggle two wanted men to Indonesia in 2025. ABC Australia reports that a 32-year-old Queensland man is arrested at Brisbane Airport and charged with two counts of people smuggling. The charges relate to an allegation that the flight carried two men wanted by New South Wales authorities into Indonesia.
PerthNow and The West Australian both describe a second federal police arrest connected to the same alleged operation. Those outlets report that a man has been charged after allegedly flying two of Australia’s most wanted men to Indonesia aboard a flight in which the aircraft transponder was deactivated. Across the reports, the alleged method involves a covert flight route, and the destination is Indonesia.
The sources do not agree on every personal detail beyond the existence of multiple arrests and charges, but they consistently link the case to the alleged smuggling of two NSW wanted men via a deactivated-transponder flight in 2025, and to the ongoing federal police action.
