A small garage in the Sydney suburbs found itself at the center of the FBI’s “AN0M” Trojan application after a shipment of $ 700,000 cocaine allegedly landed on its doorstep.

In a high-tech sting, law enforcement around the world planted phones among crime syndicates carrying the AN0M encrypted messaging app, which allowed investigators to read every text sent.

The operation resulted in the arrest of more than 800 people in Australia, the United States and Europe, the elimination of mafia and cycling organizations, the elimination of drug trafficking plots and d guns and the prevention of 21 murders.

Now the FBI and NSW Police have explained how the intercepted AN0M messages foiled an alleged shipment of cocaine to a humble South Sydney auto shop, Pro Worx Performance, earlier this year.

In court documents from the US Department of Justice, FBI Special Agent Nicholas Cheviron alleged that an Australian calling himself Tom Ford after the famous American fashion designer transmitted a message via AN0M on February 25.

“We are waiting to receive the package today, brother,” said the message, sent to a mysterious Armenian with the username Zion.

This humble Sydney suburban workshop (above) has been named in US Department of Justice documents as the destination of an alleged shipment of cocaine, which police say had a market value of 700,000 $.

Alleged cargo of cocaine may have been sent from California Lowe's Home Improvement store to workshop, US court documents show

Alleged cargo of cocaine may have been sent from California Lowe’s Home Improvement store to workshop, US court documents show

The expedition was reportedly discussed by two people with the code name,

The expedition was reportedly discussed by two people with the code name, “TOM FORD” and “Sion”, using AN0M technology

After a discussion about how many “kg” addresses could be sent, Ford then sent Sion photos of a commercial invoice for a “trunk seat” from a Lowe’s Home Improvement store in Carlsbad, California.

An accompanying consignment note stated that the “seat” was shipped to the Sydney workshop, according to US court documents.

Zion said he was relieved. The couple then sent each other photos of seemingly distinct bricks of cocaine that were being shipped from America to Europe.

But the anonymous couple may not have known that their alleged cargo of cocaine was already unraveling and that their messages were being read by law enforcement.

Unbeknownst to Ford and Sion, Australian border forces had intercepted their alleged drug shipment three days earlier, on February 22.

An NSW Police spokesperson told Daily Mail Australia: “ABF officers intercepted and examined a shipment of equipment that arrived in Sydney from the United States of America.

“During a subsequent deconstruction, the shipment was found to contain 2 kg of compacted white powder concealed in the articles.”

The tests gave a presumably positive result for cocaine, with a potential market value estimated at $ 700,000, according to police in court.

Ford, who the FBI said was based in Australia, sent his friend a photo of a commercial invoice showing a delivery to Pro Worx in Banksia

Ford, who the FBI said was based in Australia, sent his friend a photo of a commercial invoice showing a delivery to Pro Worx in Banksia

The couple also sent each other photos of cocaine bricks, according to court documents.  Such a picture is above

The couple also sent each other photos of cocaine bricks, according to court documents. Such a picture is above

The FBI suspected the couple were talking about a drug shipment from Carlsbad, Calif., To Banksia, Sydney.

The FBI suspected the couple were talking about a drug shipment from Carlsbad, Calif., To Banksia, Sydney.

NSW Police Organized Crime Squad detectives then made a “controlled delivery” – that is, a fake delivery – to the workshop three days later.

Just after 2 p.m. on February 25, police executed a search warrant “on property on Princes Highway, Banksia,” officers said.

Shocked workshop owner: Businessman Steve Zervas told Daily Mail Australia he knew nothing about the sting when called this week

Shocked workshop owner: Businessman Steve Zervas told Daily Mail Australia he knew nothing about the sting when called this week

Three men were arrested during the search: James Bouzianis, 48, and two others, 42 and 24.

Bouzianis was charged with importing a commercial quantity of border-controlled drugs, supplying prohibited drugs (large commercial quantity) and possessing prohibited drugs.

The connection between the trio and the garage – if any – remains unclear.

When Daily Mail Australia called about the alleged cocaine shipment, Pro Worx Performance owner Steve Zervas said: “I don’t know.”

It is not suggested that Mr. Zervas was involved in any way – simply that his business address was designated as the delivery point for the alleged cocaine shipment.

Bouzianis will face the local Downing Center court on June 20.

AN0M EXPLAINED: HOW THE SECRET POLICE APPLICATION WORKS

Mafia figures and cyclists bought ANoM branded phones with encrypted messaging technology already downloaded.  When criminals used the phones, messages were intercepted by Australian Federal Police law enforcement

Mafia figures and cyclists bought ANoM branded phones with encrypted messaging technology already downloaded. When criminals used the phones, messages were intercepted by Australian Federal Police law enforcement

On its glitzy website, the “ANoM” phone looks like any new technological innovation with sleek black lines, “invitation-only” exclusivity and a commitment to “uphold your right to privacy”.

But its best feature – and for most of its users, the worst – hasn’t been promoted in its marketing materials.

The telephone, which was supposed to allow encrypted communications out of sight of the law, was in fact a clever trap set for a who’s who of organized crime.

Australian Federal Police on Tuesday revealed a mind-boggling three-year technological ploy that resulted in 4,000 police executing 525 search warrants.

Senior cyclists and mafia figures have been tricked into buying high-tech phones that supposedly allow them to send messages to each other, without police espionage.

But ANoM phones were actually designed by the FBI and allowed Australian police to read texts from organized crime figures.

Police watched suspected crooks unveil their secrets on their own app in real time.

The app had been invitation-only since Tuesday morning - before the page was sensationalized and replaced with an FBI warning

The app had been invitation-only since Tuesday morning – before the page was sensationalized and replaced with an FBI warning

In Australia, some 21 execution plots have been foiled and drug and firearms trafficking networks have been dismantled.224 people were arrested, $ 44,934,457 in cash seized, along with 104 weapons, 3.7 tons of drugs and multi-million dollar assets.

Suspected crooks even paid the police semi-annual subscription fees – the money only further enforcing law enforcement methods.

Users could purchase handsets costing between $ 1,500 and $ 2,500 from what have been described as underground distributors.

The phones were taken apart – they couldn’t even make calls, access the internet, or send emails.

What has been done is to send encrypted messages, photos and videos, using a foreign SIM card to apparently avoid Australian data espionage laws.

Scammers could purchase a six-month subscription to use the app – funds raised were unknowingly redirected to the police.

This is what the Anom.io website looked like late Tuesday morning

This is what the Anom.io website looked like late Tuesday morning

The app was accessed by entering a PIN code into the phone’s calculator, the spy drama trick.

ANoM’s website, which was not taken down until around 10 a.m. on Tuesday, has made the technology bulletproof.

The company was apparently based in a reputedly neutral Switzerland and boasted of “military grade encryption and disinfection.”

For its encryption, it claimed to use “the OMEMO double-click algorithm… independently audited by the Dutch security research group Radiically Open Security”.

Maybe that was a joke, as all the so-called self-destruct messages sent on the app were drastically accessible to the Australian Federal Police.