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A defense lawyer has issued dire advice over a worrying text sent to 50,000 people warning they could have links to organized crime.
Jahan Kalantar of Sydney-based Executive Law Group warned his followers on TikTok to check if they had received a text message from New South Wales police on Thursday.
‘The New South Wales Police Force: Strike Force Wessex has identified this number as interacting with an organized crime drug supply ‘dial a dealer’ phone. If this continues, you may be subject to further investigation. Cease all contact now,’ the message reads.
The text is linked to a launched strike force attempting to take down the city’s drug supply system.
Sydney-based defense lawyer Jahan Kalantar warned his followers on TikTok that a dubious message sent to 50,000 people was legitimate.
For those who receive the text message, it means that their phone number had been found in the contact list of a suspected drug dealer.
Kalantar recommended that anyone who has been contacted by NSW Police in this way remove the suspicious contact immediately.
“If you received this message… it’s very likely that your phone was compromised in some way,” he said.
“I think it would be very, very wise to remove people from your phone who may be a part of this.”
New South Wales Police announced on Thursday that the strike force was a success and that 26 suspected drug dealing services have now been shut down.
Mr Kalantar said the texts sent later were simply a warning to those who “could have been involved in a serious union” to stop what they were doing.
“It may be nefarious, it may not be nefarious, but it means that somehow your phone has had some kind of relationship with a phone that has had something to do with the bad things supplied,” he said. he told news.com.au
‘Maybe you’re a pizza delivery guy or an Uber driver who once gave someone a ride using this number. Maybe you’re someone who had nothing to do with this at all, and your number somehow got into their system, because you know, there was an error in the text, it could be anything.’
However, simply receiving the text message does not mean that the recipient is under investigation.
Kalantar warned anyone who received the text message to immediately delete suspicious contacts from their phone.
The lawyer added that the unprecedented operation was a “brilliant stroke” intended to scare anyone who thought their secrets were safe.
Strike Force Wessex also recently confiscated another eight phones belonging to alleged known members of the criminal syndicate.
Police will allege in court that some of the phones had been in operation for up to 10 years before they were confiscated.
Detective Superintendent Grant Taylor said the operation was unprecedented and was the first time NSW Police had broken up crime syndicates in this way.
“By exploiting new technological capabilities and using our relationship with several Australian telecommunications companies, we have been able to shut down these phones that were consuming millions of dollars worth of drugs a week, from cannabis to cocaine to ice.” Detective Superintendent Taylor said.
“Now that we’ve cut off dealers’ direct line to their customers, we can turn our attention to those at the top: the criminal syndicate that controls these phones and those next to go after them.”