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The most bizarre story in Sydney’s recent history continues to throw twists and turns, as intelligence agencies reveal they are zeroing in on one of the key suspects behind the embarrassing Dural Caravan Hoax.
In what Opposition Leader Peter Dutton initially described as “the biggest planned terrorist attack in Australia’s history” – this resource-wasting exercise of media sensationalism turned out to have been an elaborate ploy to distract the cops.
And it seems the police and intelligence agencies knew that too, which is why they weren’t giving in to the Murdoch media’s demands that they treat this story like Australia’s version on 9/11.
Now, the AFP can reveal that our entire Parliament and millions of dollars in police resources have been consumed by a fabricated terror plot that Peter Dutton jumped all over after months of pushing ethnoreligious hot buttons.
Even more embarrassingly, it appear that the elaborate hoax was staged by criminals who had no ideological motives, and were simply looking to send the police on a wild goose chase that redirected attention away from the streets for over a month, with thanks to the misinformed Leader Of the Opposition’s daily press conferences.
Now it can be confirmed that small-time Gold Coast crook Johnny Spiteri has been linked to the hoax, with the AFP releasing his first mug shot in 20 years.
After 20 years on the run overseas, small-time ex-criminal Johnny Spitieri (Spit) is believed to be back on the streets and outsmarting both the cops and his underworld rivals.
Johnny Spiteri is famous for sending Gold Coast police on a similar fool’s errand in 2003, in events that were brought to life in the iconic Australian comedy film Gettin’ Square.
Spiteri has been on the run for over 20 years, after fleeing to Israel to take part in a revolutionary drug rehab program.
Spiteri’s fondness for Tel-Aviv has debunked any theories of ideological motivations behind the Dural caravan plot – However police were unaware that he had re-entered Australia on a false passport.
It is believed that Spiteri was last spotted on Queensland’s Burleigh beach dressed in skinny jeans and thongs, while helping with the post-Cyclone Alfred clean up efforts.
