The original quote was a comment from one police representative about Pixel phones being the preferred choice of narco traffickers in their region.
All of the extrapolation about people using GrapheneOS globally feels like journalists trying to squeeze as much hype as they can get out of this one sound bite from one police rep in one area.
>>Aurorn+(OP)
Critiquing police for doing fishing expeditions, where they cast a broad net in hopes to catch criminals among a large batch of regular people has long been a thing.