"He's a high-level organised crime player," Detective Chief Inspector Fielke said. The man is also being investigated by the FBI under the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organisations (RICO) Act that is designed to combat organised crime in the United States. "His syndicate was a heavy user of the ANOM encrypted communications platform and was used to facilitate his illegitimate business." "He's a really significant arrest for organised crime in South Australia and for that matter, Australia. "What would draw for him to come back home we're not exactly sure yet, investigations are continuing," Detective Chief Inspector Fielke said. No drugs were seized on Sunday and police found no evidence of drug manufacturing at the Yorke Peninsula property. Two South Australian horseracing identities were charged at the time over the methamphetamine haul.Äetectives tracked the 47-year-old man back to the Yorke Peninsula and arrested him at 4:50pm on Sunday under a warrant. Methylamphetamine seized from a semi-trailer stopped at Port Wakefield in April 2021. #BOSS OF CRIME CYNDICATE FULL#Police allege the man fled the country in April 2021 when police busted 50kg of methylamphetamine valued at $25 million hidden in a truck full of horse feed at Port Wakefield. "Although it's seized 50kg, our review of the ANOM platform and his and his syndicate's use of that particular platform has revealed a number of other quantities of methamphetamine. "We're talking multiple kilos of methamphetamine worth between $60-80 million. "Police will allege he is the head of a serious organised crime syndicate that operated both nationally and internationally," he said. Task force Ironside senior investigating officer Darren Fielke said the man was linked to kilograms of cocaine, thousands of ecstasy tablets and more than 170 kilograms of cannabis valued at millions of dollars. The ANOM app was created by law enforcement authorities and has been a key part of a large policing operation dubbed Ironside. The 47-year-old man, originally from New South Wales, has been charged with 29 counts of trafficking controlled drugs, including methamphetamine, ecstasy, cannabis and cocaine, as well as 17 counts of money laundering.
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