Accused Operation Ironside drug trafficker Apostle Broikos had 15 luxury watches, 20 phones, cash and crypto, prosecutors allege

A Burnside teenager arrested by Operation Ironside detectives had a cache of luxury watches, phones and cash in his bedroom at his parents’ house, court documents allege.

Luxury watches worth hundreds of thousands of dollars were found in the bedroom of the youngest South Australian arrested during Operation Ironside, court documents allege.

Apostle Broikos is also alleged to have been in possession of 20 mobile phones with the AN0M app, which he was able to delete remotely as a failsafe in case of arrest.

Restraint documents lodged with the Supreme Court allege Mr Broikos, 19, was found with four phones when he was arrested and a further 16 devices in his bedroom.

Apostle Broikos, left wearing a watch, and right, leaving the Adelaide Magistrates Court after an earlier appearance. Picture: Kelly Barnes

Mr Broikos was one of 40 people arrested on June 7 – Operation Ironside resolution day – driving a Mercedes Benz sedan. Police seized $2335 cash in a bumbag on the passenger seat.

The court documents allege there was one mobile phone on the passenger seat, two in the driver’s side door pocket and one in the glovebox.

Police searched Mr Broikos’ parents’ Burnside home and allegedly found 15 watches in his bedroom, including multiple gold and silver Rolex Oyster Perpetual models, which are worth tens of thousands of dollars.

Among the watches were several Rolex Submariners, also with price tags of about $50,000, as well as Breitling Bentley, Audemars Piguet and Tissot.

Police also seized $30,910 allegedly found in a small safe hidden in the bottom of his closet.

The court documents allege seven mobile phones were found in the top drawer of a desk in the bedroom and nine new, unopened phones were found in a cabinet also containing a television.

A photo taken from social media of Apostle Broikos. Picture: Supplied.

They also reveal SA Police and the Director of Public Prosecutions moved to freeze more than $64,000 in two different bank accounts.

Apostle Broikos is charged with serious drug offences. Picture: Supplied.

A final requested order was the restraint of a Coinspot cryptocurrency account containing $33,910 in various currencies including Bitcoin, Cardano, Ethereum Classic, Ethereum, Ripple and Telcoin.

Mr Broikos is accused of playing the role of facilitator in two large drug operations.

The court documents allege Mr Broikos provided the phones to several men and a woman accused of being involved in the smuggling of 10kg of methamphetamine from NSW to Adelaide in May this year.

Police allege intercepts of messages on the AN0M app show Mr Broikos and another man discussing the storage and distribution of the drugs.

When truck driver John Stephenson – who has pleaded guilty to trafficking a large commercial quantity of a controlled drug – was arrested, police allege Mr Broikos was asked to remotely delete the data on his phone.

Mr Broikos is also accused of facilitating the supply of cash and precursor chemicals to a large drug lab operating out of a Morphett Vale house.

Numerous other people have been charged alongside Mr Broikos over both alleged offences. They have yet to enter pleas. Mr Broikos will next appear in court in December.