Apostle Broikos, the youngest South Australian caught up in Operation Ironside, faces serious drug charges

He’s just 18 and looks even younger – but this former private schoolboy from Burnside is now behind bars facing serious charges following the global police sting.

He’s the baby-faced teenager from a respected family who was educated by one of Adelaide’s top private schools.

But today Apostle Broikos is an alleged drug dealer facing serious charges.

Mr Broikos, 18, of Burnside, was arrested by South Australian police as part of international law enforcement Operation Ironside.

His co-accused on several of the charges include Comanchero bikies charged with conspiracy to murder over an alleged Norwood assassination plot.

Mr Broikos appeared in a bumper session in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Thursday where he was remanded in custody despite his lawyer highlighting his age.

Mr Broikos graduated from St Ignatius’ College in 2020 and appears in several of the school’s sports reports documenting his time playing in the first XI soccer team.

Social media photos of Apostle Broikos, the youngest person arrested in South Australia as part of Operation Ironside. He is charged with serious drug offences.

Social media photos of Apostle Broikos, the youngest person arrested in South Australia as part of Operation Ironside. He is charged with serious drug offences.

He is charged with trafficking in a large commercial quantity of a controlled drug at Yamba, in the eastern Riverland, on May 19, 2021.

The maximum penalty for that charge is a fine of up to $1 million, life imprisonment or both.

His co-accused on that charge were all remanded in custody.

Two of his co-accused, who cannot be named for legal reasons, are also accused of conspiracy to murder, one of several alleged plots disrupted by Operation Ironside.

Mr Broikos is also charged with manufacturing and trafficking in a controlled drug at Morphett Vale between January 1 and August 19 last year.

A social media photo of Apostle Broikos posing like James Bond.

Apostle Broikos has been remanded in custody

Many of the charges stemming from Operation Ironside create an intricate picture of alleged criminality in South Australia.

Mr Broikos and many of his co-accused will appear again in court on July 1.

On that day, many of the state’s criminal lawyers are expected to ask for bail on behalf of their clients.

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