A married young doctor has allegedly been busted in possession of more than 5000 files of child abuse material.

Gregory John Couch, 37, was arrested after detectives executed a search warrant at an Albury home, on the NSW-Victorian border, at 6am on Tuesday.

Police will allege Australia Border Force officers seized Couch’s phone at Melbourne Airport in May this year.

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His phone was then referred to the State Crime Command’s Sex Crime Squad, where detectives allegedly located thousands of files — both videos and photos — of child abuse material.

Footage shows Strike Force detectives escorting Couch — dressed in track pants, a jacket and ugg boots — out of a home and into the back of a police vehicle.

He was then taken to Albury Police Station, where he was charged with possess child abuse material, use carriage etc to access child abuse material, and intentionally import prohibited tier two goods.

Police will not allege Couch offended against any of his patients.

According to social media, Couch previously worked at Liverpool Hospital in Sydney before moving to the Gold Coast earlier this year.

Photos posted online show him posing alongside his wife after the couple married in early 2021.

www.20304050.best can reveal Couch’s late twin brother, Andrew, who passed away in his sleep in May 2017, was also a doctor.

A photo posted online shows Couch, dressed in a mortarboard and graduation gown, accepting his brother’s posthumously awarded Master of Medicine (Critical Care) from the University of Sydney later that year, as his parents and sister beamed beside him.

University of Sydney and the Australian & New Zealand College of Anaesthetists (ANZCA) have since made memorial awards in Andrew’s honour.

Couch appeared in Albury Local Court today, where he was refused bail.

He is next due to appear in court on August 19.