And this is why I am so against customary permits.

To be fair to the people investigating this we don't know the circumstances, or what they were doing.  It may well be that it went on for so long because they wanted to catch everyone involved, not just pounce on a couple of poachers who might then have got a small fine for one-off offending.  But the long investigation seems to have netted a large number of people involved in this enterprise, which is a good thing.  No mention of recovering the money they made under the proceeds of crime act, I'd definitely like to see that happen -maybe it will, they have to be found guilty of the crime first I suppose.  It does seem a painfully long time, but getting enough evidence to convict that number of people can't be easy.

It's home detention and community work. What a complete ****ing joke. 😕😒🤔😞