Australian drug kingpin Tony Mokbel walks free after police informant scandal
by Agence France Presse from World news | The Guardian on (#73C7D)
One of the key figures in Melbourne's years-long gangland war, Mokbel was jailed for 30 years in 2012 after pleading guilty to masterminding an elaborate drug syndicate
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One of Australia's most famous gangsters will walk free after prosecutors on Friday said they would drop a planned retrial on drug trafficking charges.
Tony Mokbel - one of the key figures in Melbourne's years-long gangland war - was jailed for 30 years in 2012 after pleading guilty to masterminding an elaborate drug syndicate.
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