Alyce Sharp was jailed in the Adelaide District Court for trafficking methamphetamine in Port Lincoln
After her police raided her home uncovering a significant stash and a list of local drug users, a country mum turned to Australia Post to deliver her product.
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A mother’s drug dealing enterprise did not stop after her house was raided, turning to Australia Post to ship packages of meth.
Alyce Sharp, 33, was jailed in the Adelaide District Court last month for dealing methamphetamine to feed her own addiction, as well as for profit.
The court heard Sharp was stopped by police leaving the address of a known drug user on June 25, 2020 in Port Lincoln.
“Police stopped you and administered a roadside drug test, which returned a positive result,” Judge Patrick O’Sullivan said during sentencing.
Police found 13g of methamphetamine, 7.5g of which was pure and over $12,000 in cash.
Police then searched Sharp’s house and found 252g of 1-4 butanediol, also known as fantasy, tick lists, $11,800 in cash and a set of cards containing phone numbers of known drug persons of interest within Port Lincoln.
Sharp attended the Australia Post outlet in Rundle Mall on April 15.
“CCTV footage showed you removing an item from your handbag and sending it to a Ceantaine Narrier at an address in Port Lincoln,” Judge O’Sullivan said.
“Text messages between you and Ms Narrier indicated that the parcel contained an unknown quantity of methamphetamine.”
Sharp then attended Australia Post in Findon on May 10, 2021 and sent another package to the same address but to a differently named person.
“Police attended the Findon Australia Post outlet shortly afterwards and seized the package,” Judge O’Sullivan said.
The package contained 23g of methamphetamine, which was of 76.5 per cent purity, and 15 buprenorphine strips.
The value of the methamphetamine was up to $23,000.
Sharp, of Port Lincoln, had pleaded guilty to five counts of drug trafficking.
The court heard Sharp, who is a mother-of-four, had previously worked in hospitality.
“Self-evidently you have been a heavy drug user much of your life,” Judge O’Sullivan said.
“Although you may have been trafficking drugs to feed your own addiction, nevertheless there was a significant element of profit making in your trafficking, such that it had the hallmarks of a commercial enterprise.”
Judge O’Sullivan sentenced Sharp to six years and three months jail, with a non-parole period of five years.
“Methamphetamine is a dreadful drug that does great harm to the community,” he said.
“It also exposes the users to whom you supply the drug to a significant risk of injury or death.”
The sentence was backdated to July 6.
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