CANBERRA, ACT, Aug. 5 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:
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The AFP has charged a Sydney man for allegedly smuggling an encrypted communications device into a corrections facility.
The matter was heard before Downing Centre Local Court today (5 August, 2025). His next court appearance is scheduled for 30 September, 2025.
Police identified the man, 25, following the arrest of multiple Sydney men as part of Operation Kraken-Kamino in September, 2024. The men are alleged to have communicated via the Ghost encrypted mobile application to organise drug importations and manufacture a false terrorism plot.
Examinations of an encrypted device found in the possession of...