Kodi Uthmann jailed for six years for couriering 135g of meth and a loaded gun

A man caught couriering meth and a loaded gun suffers from PTSD after being lured to a shopping centre and stabbed by violent associates to keep drug dealing.

A meth addict suffers from PTSD after being manipulated with violence to continue in the drug trade.

Kodi Uthmann, 27, was so in fear of further reprisals he agreed to courier a significant amount of methamphetamine and a loaded gun.

The Adelaide District Court on Wednesday heard police searched Uthmann’s car on January 6, 2020 at Birkenhead.

They found 135g of mixed methamphetamine, with a pure quantity of 86g, a firearm loaded with nine rounds, a suppressor and ammunition.

The value of the methamphetamine was between $12,500 and over $50,000.

“After your release from prison, you had contact with past associates who prevailed upon you to resume trafficking,” Judge Adam Kimber said during sentencing.

“I have no doubt you knew the firearm was to be used in criminal activity, likely the drug trade.”

Kodi Uthmann was jailed for drug trafficking and possessing a firearm. Picture: Facebook

Uthmann, of Modbury North, pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and possessing a firearm and ammunition.

Andrew Graham, for Uthmann, told the court last month he was manipulated with violence to continue drug dealing.

“There was an incident at Castle Plaza in Edwardstown where he was lured to the shopping centre, stabbed in the chest (and) suffered a punctured lung,” he said.

The court heard when Uthmann was released from jail for previous drug dealing offences he was found by his old associates again and stabbed in the shoulder.

“You have a post traumatic stress disorder as a result of being assaulted by those seeking to recover your debt,” Judge Kimber said.

“You have also reported being harassed while in custody by associates of those to whom you owe money.

“You have reported fearing for your life.”

The court heard Uthmann was addicted to methamphetamine and had a traumatic upbringing.

The court heard Uthmann had written a letter of remorse and had a job as an apprentice for a plumbing company available to him once released.

Judge Kimber sentenced Uthmann to six years and two months jail, with a non-parole period of five years.

“Methamphetamine is a drug which causes enormous harm to users and the community,” he said.

“The intention to provide a loaded firearm to a person involved in the drug trade places others at considerable risk.”

The sentence was backdated to October 13, 2020.