Comancheros boss Mark Buddle is tonight in custody on home soil, after being flown from Turkey to Australia in a top-secret mission. em_partridge 9News Read more:
The 37-year-old was arrested by Australian Federal Police at Darwin airport on Wednesday, after being deported from Turkey a day earlier.
"He was arrested overseas and returned to Australia as a result of deportation and this morning he was arrested by the AFP at the airport."Morris ordered for Buddle to be held at the NT Correctional Facility in Holtze near Darwin until the AFP transfer him south to face court in Victoria on or before August 10.
AFP Assistant Commissioner Nigel Ryan confirmed Buddle was a user of the AN0M mobile phone system, which the AFP and FBI had been operating in secret before making 500-plus arrests in a worldwide takedown under Operation Ironside.Operation Ironside was a secret, three-year investigation into organised crime using the encrypted app, which had been covertly distributed by investigators.No charges have been brought in the US, where privacy laws prevented arrests.
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