Overview

• The Moroccan national was arrested at Yongah Hill Immigration Detention Centre on July 24 and appeared before Perth Magistrates Court on July 25.
• AFP alleges the detainee made 297 aggressive calls to its National Operations State Service Centre between May 31 and July 24.
• One call included a direct threat to kill people, prompting charges of using a carriage service to make a threat and to harass and menace.
• AFP Detective Acting Inspector Karen Addiscott said the calls wasted resources and risked delaying genuine emergency communications.
• The man has been remanded in custody and is due back in court on September 12.