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21:19 EDT, 21 July 2021
A former Home and Away actor arrested for involvement in an alleged cocaine syndicate wants bail so that he can attend a rehabilitation facility.
Putu Winchester-Stanton, 44, who found fame as loveable class clown Dennis Klinsmann in the TV drama series Heartbreak High during the late 1990s, is in a maximum-security jail after he and a number of other men were arrested in April and charged with a range of drug crimes.
Mr Winchester-Stanton s defence lawyer John Weller said in Byron Bay Court on Monday that he would be applying for bail for the star once access to the Victory House rehabilitation facility at Tweed Heads on the far north coast of NSW could be organised.
$2 million of cocaine allegedly found in car near Byron Bay
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A young man has been charged after police allegedly found bags of cocaine worth an estimated $2 million when they stopped his vehicle near Byron Bay.
The gold Nissan X-Trail was allegedly seen speeding northbound on the M1 Pacific Motorway near Bangalow, in the NSW Northern Rivers region, shortly before 3pm on Tuesday.
Police stopped the vehicle and spoke with the 24-year-old driver from Pottsville.
The 24-year-old male driver has been remanded in custody until Monday, June 7.