Accused drug importer Emmanuel Kappos was arrested at Melbourne Airport bound for North Cyprus after a federal police crackdown on the encrypted Ghost app.
A Mongols bikie accused of plotting to import methamphetamine was arrested while trying to leave Australia carrying a near-expired passport, his birth certificate, and close to $10,000 in cash stashed in his luggage.
The court heard Kappos had bought his plane ticket the day before his flight to Doha and told Australian Border Force officers he was planning to travel to Northern Cyprus, a de-facto state within the island that is recognised only by Turkey. AFP uncovered the alleged drug scheme while investigating Kappos as part of Operation Kraken – a coordinated international crackdown on the encrypted communications app, Ghost.
AFP Constable Liam Cruise said investigators were still in the process of reviewing the material they had uncovered on the phone and were forced to put together a case against Kappos in a rush to prevent him leaving Australia. Kappos has not been charged over the alleged tobacco plot, but the court heard Operation Kraken investigators anticipate he could be charged with further offences.Cruise told the court he believed Kappos was at risk of fleeing the country and interfering with Hosri and Prosser if he were released on bail.
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