Conviction - The Craig Goozee Story

Continue following Craig as he makes his way by bike, foot and surf ski from Lake Argyle in Western Australia, to Sydney via Tasmania.  A breath taking glimpse of our country through the eyes of a marathoner, together with emotional comments from both support crew and unknown social media followers.  Will Craig reach his target of raising one million dollars for the Children's Cancer Institute of...

Craig finds himself unemployed after 23 years of policing and struggling with mental health.  Part of his own rehabilitation is getting back on the horse.  Follow Craig over the next two episodes as he begins a 12,500km ultra marathon around Australia, discussing his team, organising, training and the start of the event.

Craig and his team run a sting operation to arrest a security guard for Conspiracy to Commit an Armed Robbery.  He then finds out the reason for his involvement with the informant and feels the pressure of what's to come with a new role.  

Hmmmm - you would think once bitten, twice shy.  Not in this case.  Informant Pete lures in an associate who works as a security guard to assist and plan an Armed Robbery.

Actioned packed: This episode jams in the involvement of new informant "Pete" with three failed armed robberies, an attempted kidnapping and the sad murder of a 34 year old security guard inside a Sydney shopping centre. 

After the 5000km marathon across Australia Craig returns to work and finds himself locked out.  Things have changed and a new investigation has commenced that involves an informant with a violent past.

Kim Hart (our narrator) continues her Question-and-Answer chat with Craig as they discuss the 34-day marathon in honour of Jessica.  Hear about the emotions and physical side of completing a 5000km cycle, paddle and run across Australia.

Kim Hart (our Narrator) sits Craig down to answer questions that our listeners have sent in.   We delve back into the previous series and forshadow the upcoming stories.

Series 4 is in development right now!.... and will be released before the end of 2023. In this series…… Craig will dive deeper into the Australian crime underworld,  as his career takes a surprising twist………. But you will have to wait for Series 4 for all the spinetingling details. Craig will answer some of the many questions that our listeners have sent to us, as well as delving into some fascina...

The family returns home from a number of holidays and there is a noticeable change in Jessica's health.  The episode packs an emotional punch that will hit even the strongest.  

Harris and Flack are finally arrested and the start of a paperwork trail begins.  Craig uses the normal hours to start some serious training for the upcoming marathon.   Jessica finishes her second round of treatment but is required to return to hospital for a small operation.  Craig discovers the worst while bathing Jessica and is told that she has 7 tumours now in her lungs.  An emotional roller...

While Craig and his team are executing a covert search warrant, an unknown person enters the house.  Who is she and what happens when 3 plainclothes officers inside find themselves hiding in a wardrobe.  The investigation of Harris, Flack and associates draws to an end when the chance of reprisals outweighs the need for the investigation to continue.  

Jessica sets Craig a new challenge to raise money for cancer which is a blend of cycling, running and paddling 5000km's across Australia.  Her treatment continues and life goes on both in and out of the hospital.  Meanwhile at Craigs work, things take a slight twist with Flack and Harris starting a new safe house.  What have they collected and stored in an unknown female's house?????

With the attention to peripheral offenders, Harris is left alone with nothing being said over the phones.  His actions change the course of the investigation though, when he arrives at the Drummoyne garage and removes a 25 kilogram drum of pseudoephedrine worth over $250,000.  This action sends a snowballing effect within Project Gymea's decision making , as the value of the drug and what it can p...

Enter another 750 kilo's of hashish bricks into the equation, and we get one very full shed in the back of an eighty year old ladies house.  Follow the investigation of not only Montgomery and Murchay, new targets,  but the eventual hand over of the 75 kilo's to a supplier in Queensland.  Back on the home front,  Craig is about to receive an award, Lisa calls and delivers devastating news - Jessic...

After a 2am covert search warrant on a garage in Drummoyne, the Gymea team discover the unthinkable.  Enough pseudoephedrine to produce approximately 3 tonnes of amphetamines.  Also located is an amount of speed, chemicals and firearms.  The following days see the list of drugs stored in the garage increase with an additional 75 kilo's added.  Flack/Harris later hand over the 75 kilo's to two male...

Craig and Lisa restart their life with the kids back to school and start some renovations of their house.  The Commissioner calls a meeting and briefs the team on their newest targets.  The targets arise from the notorious criminal, Arthur "Neddy" Smith, who was given life imprisonment in 1990 for murders, armed robberies and drug supply.  Glen Flack and Richard "Harry" Harris become the two new t...

Without spoiling the story, Craig and the crew find something in a surf club carpark and manage to play another practical joke.  The first day out of Coffs Harbour is full of sea life - but not the friendly ones.  After every headland, Craig explains the hardship of being a cop in his early days and shares memories that have affected him for life.  A beautiful site to some, but smell, sight and to...

After the success of Project Gymea's first investigation, Craig buries himself into brief preparation and training for the impending surf ski marathon from Sydney, NSW, to the Gold Coast, Queensland.  Follow Craigs journey from an emotional hug and kiss by Jessica on the shores of Avalon Beach to the coastal town of Coffs Harbour.  Craig not only encounters sharks, cyclones , but also has a few st...

After the first batch of drugs are returned from the bush drug lab, Operation Gymea implements a plan to see if corrupt police are "Greenlighting" Kalache.  All hell breaks loose in the Kalache camp with Les stating, "It's a wave of terror".  Dave Parker needs a drug supply, so takes it upon himself to sort a large amount of ecstasy tablets, but has no idea this will be his last for some time.  Th...

A new member has entered Kalache's team for the proposed drug production.  Craig and his team discover the lab site in dense bushland north of Sydney and the covert operation is almost uncovered by a neighbouring dog!!!!!!!!  Jessica continues her treatment and is amused by a practical trick played on her favourite nurse, Alice.  The first drug production is complete, but why don't the police ente...

Why was Detective Sergeant Bob Irwin in a drug suppliers unit receiving money????   As Kalache starts to run short of supply, he takes it upon himself to hunt out pseudoephedrine in the most unconventional way.  This turns our police into garbage collectors and in addition places Craig into a garbage bin for safety.   As the proposed surf ski marathon draws nearer the training intensifies in testi...

"WTF!!! , there is a shark directly in front of me.  Whatever you do, just don't panic... don't panic!... don't panic!!!!!!" Craig begins his training for the proposed marathon paddle but along the way encounters sessions that prepare him well for what's ahead.   Meanwhile at Kalache's its full business of drug supply ... with the occasional visit of females to the tender tune of Barry White.   Th...

Why would anyone wish to paddle a surf ski 1000km in the open ocean?  An idea Craig comes up with to raise funds for sick children while Jessica starts 12 months of treatment at the Sydney Children's Hospital.   Craig's newly appointed position turns out to be investigating organised crime syndicates that are suspected to be involved with Police Corruption.   Enter Les Kalache, a convicted heroin...

Craig and wife Lisa receive the worst news possible as a parent, "Your child has cancer".  Jessica, their eldest child, is diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer called Ewing Sarcoma at the tender age of 7 yrs.   At the same time, Craig is thrust into a secretive unit of the Police Force created by the newly appointed Commissioner of Police - and import from the UK - Peter Ryan.   An episode of...