A man has faced court after police found illicit substances in his possession on a return trip from a music festival in Melbourne.
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Shaun Hunt, 20, of South Australia, appeared at Horsham Magistrates' Court via video link on Tuesday and pleaded guilty to charges of trafficking cocaine and possessing a schedule four poison.
On Tuesday, March 10, 2020 police conducting a patrol on the Western Highway near Dimboola intercepted a grey Holden Commodore with four passengers travelling west.
The court was told police had a conversation with the driver, who presented an invalid South Australian drivers' licence, and consented to a search of the vehicle.
Hunt was the front seat passenger at the time, and told police he had a few grams of cocaine in the boot of the car.
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Police located a small black Gucci bag containing $1280, several small clip-lock bags. A seperate compartment in the bag also contained a container with more clip-lock bags and a white power and rock believed to be cocaine.
Police also found another container with small tablets and creatine powder.
Creatine is a sports supplement used in building muscle mass and strength.
Hunt was arrested and taken to Horsham police station, where he made full admissions to police of buying the cocaine for $2200.
He denied the money found in the bag was used in the sale of cocaine, stating he had won it at Crown Casino playing blackjack and poker.
Hunt told police he and his friends had travelled down to Melbourne on March 5, 2020, for a music festival and stayed in an AirBnB.
The court was told police found the bag to contain a total of nine grams of cocaine, and white tablets of the anabolic steroid Anavar - a schedule four poison.
Magistrate Leitizia Torres said despite Hunt's lack of a criminal history the charges were serious due to the amount of drugs seized.
"I take into account that you made full admissions to police, the circumstances of offending, the fact you have no prior convictions and are an upstanding member of the community," Ms Torres said.
"I hope as a result of this process you understand that using and sharing drugs, and buying on behalf of other people is a very serious matter and constitutes trafficking. I hope you stay well away from that in the future."
Hunt received a fine of $1000.
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