Woodville North man Mitchell Harris pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and possessing prescribed equipment

A carpenter who mercifully dodged jail after bringing a gun to a drug deal is in custody after being back to his old tricks only months after.

A self-employed carpenter who was dealt with mercifully last year for serious drug and gun charges has admitted to trafficking again.

Mitchell Charles Harris, 31, is back in custody on fresh offending after a judge told him he hoped he would turn his life around from his “out of control” addiction.

Elliot King for Harris, told the Adelaide Magistrates Court last week his client’s charges had resolved.

Harris pleaded guilty to trafficking a controlled drug, namely GBH on March 7 at Woodville North.

He also pleaded guilty to possessing prescribed equipment on September 20.

Mitchell Charles Harris pleaded guilty to drug trafficking and possessing prescribed equipment. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Kelly Barnes

Mitchell Harris was handed a suspended sentence last year for similar offending. Photo: Facebook

A prosecutor told the court they would be withdrawing a charge of manufacturing a controlled drug against Mr Harris but proceeding against his co-accused, Jack Oliver Johnson.

Counsel for Mr Johnson, 32, of Elizabeth North, told the court there were ongoing negotiations and his charge was adjourned until next month.

During an earlier hearing, the court heard Harris was pulled over by police for a traffic stop in September last year before his house was searched.

Equipment and chemicals used to make GHB was allegedly found in his Woodville North garage, as well as a vat of hydrochloric acid in his shared driveway.

The court heard police found a 20L reaction vessel, a 50L reaction vessel and 2kg of a precursor in the garage.

Eleanor Whish-Wilson told the court at the time Harris recently had tenants leave the other house he owned directly in front of his and moved items from their garage to his.

“All of these items … have innocent uses, for example the reaction vessels can make alcohol, the gamma-aminobutyric acid is a legal gym supplement,” she said.

Harris was handed a suspended sentence in May last year on drug and gun charges, with a judge telling him he hoped he took the opportunity to turn his life around.

During sentencing, the District Court heard he was found in July, 2020, with 7.97g of meth, a BB gun, $4300 cash hidden behind the glove box, four mobile phones and prescription drugs.

The court heard Harris was in the grips of an “out of control” addiction when he was caught buying his next hit outside a known drug house.

Harris’ charges were committed to the District Court for arraignment in September.