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Strike Force O’Halloran commenced in February 2014 to investigate a particular individual and his associates within the organised theft and re-birthing of motor vehicles.
 
In January 2014, Victoria Police Stopped a NSW registered vehicle towing a trailer.  Identification issues were discovered with the vehicle and the trailer displayed no registration.  The engine number was from a stolen engine and the registration plates were fraudulent. The vehicle and trailer were seized for further examination.

The occupants of the vehicle were members of an OMCG. Information obtained from them was provided to NSW Police.

As a result of the information and ongoing investigations the police raided properties in St Marys, where 62 vehicles, a flat tray tow truck, two trucks, five boats and a boat trailer, twelve motor cycles, motor vehicle engines, several outboard motors, a jet ski, six firearms, two forklifts and a quantity of prohibited drugs were seized. Some of the vehicles were the subject of insurance claims.
 

The assessed value of the stolen vehicles was approximately $2,500,000. As with many investigations Strike Force O’Halloran was assisted by other government departments and agencies.

Joint winners of the 2015 Investgation of the Year -  (L-R) Cathy Horton, Queensland Police (Operation Kilo Zurich), Australasian Branch President John Hambridge, and Luke Simpson, NSW Police (Strike Force O'Halloran),