Nigerian national charged for running high-level drug operation from Villawood detention centre

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Nigerian national charged for running high-level drug operation from Villawood detention centre
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Shadow home affairs minister James Paterson has slammed his Labor counterpart after organised crime detectives discovered a drug supply operation being run out of Villawood Immigration Detention Centre.

The Albanese government has been slammed for presiding over a"shocking failure" of immigration detention after a Nigerian national was charged for allegedly running a major Sydney -wide drug supply operation from his Villawood detention centre cell.On Saturday, it was revealed police charged two men as part of an investigation into an alleged criminal syndicate supplying drugs from the immigration detention centre.

Police said Nweke had been dealing large amounts of the illicit drugs and used an encrypted messaging app from his cell in Villawood detention centre. Picture: NSW Police He was taken to Bankstown Police Station where he was refused bail to appear before the local court on July 12. "This is a shocking failure of immigration detention on this minister's watch, yet again," Mr Paterson said.

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