Woman denied bail after leaving $75k meth in pub water bottle
She left 150 grams of methamphetamine worth about $75,000 in a water bottle at a licensed venue.
Demi Nash, 34, from Warrnambool, left a purple water bottle filled with 150 grams of meth at a pub on Liebig Street. Nash was denied bail this week.
Staff evicted her for being drug-affected in early August 21 and noticed packages inside the bottle. Police found six zip-lock bags of crystal meth worth about $75,000.
This was 50 times the traffickable quantity. Nash is charged with trafficking commercial quantity of methamphetamine, which carries a maximum 25-year sentence.
She was on bail for assault and drug trafficking when this incident occurred and fled for three weeks before cooperating with police. Magistrate Roslyn Porter found Nash posed an unacceptable risk of reoffending and refused bail.
- 150.4 grams of methamphetamine
- Drug quantity
- $75,000
- Street value
- 29 pages of court appearances
- Prior record
- 25 years imprisonment
- Maximum sentence
Why it mattersShows the scale of methamphetamine in regional areas and how repeat offenders on bail can escalate drug trafficking.
AustraliaVictoria court case reveals the enforcement challenge in disrupting large-scale drug networks in regional areas.
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