Drug-dealing forklift driver ordered to repay $38,000
A vegetable industry supervisor was jailed for 18 months, suspended, after trafficking ice and cannabis.
Rodney Kaye McCulloch, 37, was sentenced in Tasmania's Supreme Court on Friday after pleading guilty to trafficking drugs between March 2022 and August 2023. Rodney sold ice and cannabis to about 20 customers, mostly people he worked with.
He used these drugs to fund his gambling and substance addictions. The court seized $4,800 in cash and identified $38,000 in drug proceeds from 200 bank transactions.
Rodney must repay this money to the state. Justice Michael Brett handed down an 18-month suspended sentence on condition McCulloch commits no other serious offence in that time.
McCulloch had a prior suspended sentence from 2010 for aggravated burglary and assault.
- March 2022 to August 2023
- Trafficking period
- About 20 customers, mostly work colleagues
- Customer base
- 18 months jail, suspended
- Sentence length
Why it mattersDrug proceeds are being clawed back from offenders, and courts are tightening conditions on suspended sentences.
AustraliaThe case is part of Tasmania's broader crackdown on drug distribution in workplaces and shows courts will seize illegal earnings.
