Mingyue Wen refused bail after being arrested in AN0M app sting

A Sydney woman who was charged in connection to the AN0M app sting will remain behind bars until at least September on serious drug offences.

A Sydney woman who was charged in connection to the AN0M app sting will remain behind bars until at least September on serious drug charges.

Mingyue Wen, 32, was mentioned in Central Local Court on Wednesday after she was arrested at her Hurstville home two months ago by detectives working on the international operation involving the Australian Federal Police and the FBI.

It was revealed in June that the two agencies were secretly behind AN0M, a phone app in which users thought they were having private conversations that were actually being monitored in real time by police.

Police arrest Mingyue Wen in Hurstville.

Police allege Wen received $50,000 in cash on behalf of a criminal syndicate that also included a senior Comanchero bikie based on NSW‘s south coast.

Officers had raided her Hurstville home before she was arrested and allegedly seized 1.9 kgs of ice, a cash counter, around $50,000 in cash and mobile phones.

Wen was then charged with trafficking a commercial quantity of a controlled drug and recklessly risking money as an instrument of crime before being taken into custody.

Officers allege Wen was involved in a criminal syndicate involving a senior Comanchero bikie.

Police allege in court documents that Wen’s drug supply charge relates to trafficking ice.

They also allege in the documents Wen handled money and was reckless about whether there was a risk that the cash would become an instrument of crime.

The court heard federal prosecutors needed more time to prepare their brief of evidence against her before the matter progresses.

Wen, who has previously been legally represented by defence lawyer Jason Neo, did not apply for bail and it was formally refused.

Magistrate Margaret Quinn adjourned the case until September 15.