Accused Sydney drug kingpin denied bail

POLICE have swooped on a man accused of running a dark web drug syndicate out of his unit in an exclusive Sydney suburb.

A HIGH-FLYING “elite hacker” will remain behind bars charged with running a dark web drug syndicate from a small apartment in Sydney’s affluent east.

Dov Tenenboim, 33, was arrested when heavily armed police swooped on his Vaucluse unit on Thursday morning with officers allegedly finding cocaine, computers, mobile phones, a diamond ring, $70,000 cash and $350,000 worth of bitcoin.

“I’ve never seen such a thing. It’s so quiet here, Mr Whippy comes here,” one neighbour, who witnessed the raid, told reporters on Friday.

Dov Tenenboim. Picture: MySpace

The neighbour, who wished to remain anonymous, said he understood Tenenboim “worked with computers” and seemed friendly.

But court documents allege the privately schooled professional was importing commercial quantities of cocaine, ketamine and MDMA since January 2017 to various addresses around Sydney.

The alleged kingpin’s drug packages arrived in Vaucluse, Kensington, Bondi and Randwick among other suburbs.

Dov Tenenboim allegedly ran a dark web drug syndicate. Picture: MySpace

He is charged with numerous counts of onselling the drugs in 300 gram units.

His Facebook profile gives away few clues, other than his bio which consists of a strong binary code.

An online tool translates the ones and zeros as “elite hacker”.

A younger Dov Tenenboim. Picture: MySpace

On the day he was arrested Tenenboim was allegedly found with two grams of cocaine and one gram of MDMA in his possession, documents show.

Tenenboim appeared in Waverley Local Court on Friday where he flashed a quick grimace at a woman, believed to be his fiancee Lisa, as his bail was denied.

The neighbour said it was “unbelievable” Tenenboim had been accused of running a drug empire from the flat.

“A million bucks is nothing,” he said, noting Tenenboim’s black BMW hadn’t aroused any suspicion on a street lined with luxury cars.

“A guy won a million dollars twice; he can barely afford to buy a house around here.” Tenenboim’s lawyer told reporters his client suffered severe anxiety and described the charges as “sensational” as he left court.

He is expected before the same court again on August 8.