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Subscriber only A drug trafficker who arranged to sell $115k of ice and drove 140km to buy the goods has been sentenced to six years jail. Aaron Dean Weston, 30, was on probation when police stopped his vehicle in February 2018 and found 10g of cocaine, 6g of ice and $1750 cash, a Supreme Court was told. The court heard the Toowoomba father made unconvincing denials about the drugs and a search of his phone revealed he had been trafficking to 14 people between February and May 2018. After the search, Queensland Police began monitoring Weston s phone and soon became aware that he had arranged to sell $115,000 worth of ice.
Investor caught with 40g ice, stun gun Sharn Quarterman leaves Brisbane Supreme Court after pleading guilty to possessing 40g of ice, other drugs and a stun gun. Picture: Richard Walker
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Subscriber only A Gold Coast property investor caught with more than 40g of ice, other drugs and a stun gun disguised as a torch has walked from court. Sharn Patrick Quarterman, 34, faced Brisbane Supreme Court on Monday where he pleaded guilty to six counts of possessing dangerous drugs, possessing a category R weapon and other summary offences. The court heard Queensland Police found the stun gun and methylamphetamine alongside smaller amounts of marijuana, GBL, cocaine and $2590 cash when they executed search warrants at two of Quarterman s Broadbeach properties in November 2019.