A Sydney university student has faced court after police allegedly discovered tens of thousands of child abuse images and videos on his phone.
NSW Police say the 35-year-old man was arrested on Monday afternoon at a university campus in Randwick, as part of an ongoing investigation named Strike Force Glandore. This taskforce was set up by the Sex Crimes Squad’s Child Internet Exploitation Unit to target the online sharing and possession of child abuse material.
Sydney Morning Herald reports that the man – whose name is Ali Alghamdi – attended the University of New South Wales.
Officers took Alghamdi into custody just after 3pm. When detectives searched his phone, they claim they found more than 25,000 illegal images and videos. Of those, it’s alleged 42 had been set aside as “favourites”.
In a statement, NSW Police said: “During a search of the man’s phone, police allegedly located over 25,000 videos and images of child abuse material, including 42 marked as favourites.”
The man was taken back to Maroubra Police Station, where he was charged with accessing child abuse material via a carriage service.
According to police, he was refused bail and was due to appear in Waverley Local Court today, Tuesday, 29 July 2025.
Strike Force Glandore’s investigation is still underway.
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