by Elisabeth Silvester
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Subscriber only A MAN who acted as an agent for an elaborate Townsville drug ring was used and abused by the kingpin. James Robert Wickham, 25, was sucked into the flashy lifestyle of drug trafficking after meeting a man through friends. The Townsville District Court heard he formed a partnership with the man. Wickham worked as an agent depositing money into bank accounts, buying Bitcoin and placing drug orders on the dark web for the man. Between June 26, 2017 and December 1, 2017 Wickham trafficked 100 pounds of cannabis. The cannabis was estimated to total $400,000 with a turnover in the range of $100,000 to $178,000, the court heard.