Immigration detainee charged over alleged drug ring operating from inside Villawood detention centre

Police allege the man used an encrypted messaging service to deal drugs and coordinate a network of runners outside the Sydney facility

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An immigration detainee and another man have been charged over an alleged drug ring operating from inside a detention facility.

Police say the 49-year-old dealt large amounts of methylamphetamine using an encrypted messaging service from Villawood immigration detention centre in Sydney’s west.

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