Caleb Hira jailed for trafficking methamphetamine in Port Lincoln
A father-of-ten’s plans to take over a thriving Port Lincoln drug dealing business quickly unravelled after police busted him with meth and tick lists.
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Tick lists revealed a country drug dealer was owed significant amounts of money from his customers before a traffic stop became his undoing.
Caleb Joseph Taare Hira, 37, was living the “high life” before his plans to take over a thriving drug dealing business were unravelled.
The Adelaide District Court on Friday heard Hira was stopped by police in Port Lincoln on November 13, 2020.
They found two plastic bags in Hira’s pants containing 8.41g of methamphetamine.
The court heard the value of the methamphetamine was estimated between $3000 to $8000.
Police then searched Hira’s house and found a homemade taser, multiple tick lists, digital scales and a mobile phone.
“Messages on your phone from one Alyce Sharp indicated that you were going to be taking over her drug business,” Judge Barrett said.
The court heard messages revealed Hira had been trading since June 2020.
“While you did have an addiction to methamphetamine at the time, you were trading to such an extent that you were … able to lead something of the high life in Port Lincoln, enjoying hotel accommodation and alcohol consumption,” Judge Barrett said.
The Port Lincoln father-of-ten pleaded guilty to drug trafficking.
The court heard one of the tick lists revealed customers owed either Hira or Sharp substantial amounts of money, with figures consisting of $12,000, $29,000, $18,000 and $30,000.
Sharp, 33, was jailed for six years and three months, with a non-parole of five years in the Adelaide District Court last year for five counts of drug trafficking.
The Port Lincoln mother turned to Australia Post to deliver her product once police raided her home and uncovered a significant drug stash.
The Adelaide District Court on Friday heard Hira, who was born in New Zealand, was also selling to support his own methamphetamine addiction.
Judge Barrett sentenced Hira to four years and five months jail, with a non-parole period of two years and 10 months.
The sentence was backdated to May 22, 2021.
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