Honestly, I would have rather just encrypted everything there, reset the phone and sent it.

I wonder if this package was just to muddy the waters.

Without knowing anything of the case aside from reading this document. This feels like the defendant is between a rock and a hard place and they were hoping to get the information intercepted in an attempt to have the evidence thrown out as their defense strategy.

Right, I'm not a lawyer but even if you have a copy of those items that drive and phone... if it was found from a different source, would it still be inadmissable?