Senior Canberra Rebels bikie jailed after police informant reveals key to encrypted text messages

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In December 2016 ACT Rebels vice-president Leigh Slater was riled and threatening revenge.

The outlaw motorcycle gang boss had been sold low quality drugs and he had failed to remanufacture the methamphetamine to increase the purity.

The 34-year-old had $60,000 on the line, so fired off a number of text messages on an encrypted network to vent his anger:

It was a setback, but unbeknown to Slater, he had bigger problems on the horizon.

Coded messages key to busting drug-dealing network
The drug business had been thriving and lucrative for the hulking bikie.

He was directing large drug deals in Sydney, remotely from Canberra, with the help of the Penrith chapter of the Rebels.

The network, despite being encrypted, added an extra layer of protection via codenames for drugs and group members.

Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-02/canberra-rebels-bikie-leigh-slater-jailed/11374918

Leigh Slater smiles next to an unidentified woman.

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