Joshua Russell Best sentenced to two and a half years in jail over 110g meth stash

The court heard the man forged a document in order to obtain a $795 a week rental property in Trinity Beach, where a police search found 110g of methylamphetamine.

A TRINITY Beach resident who claimed 110g of methylamphetamine stashed in an airconditioning vent in his living room was for the personal use of himself and his partner will spend another three and a half months behind bars.

Joshua Russell Best on Tuesday pleaded guilty in the Cairns Supreme Court to unlawfully possessing more than two grams of methylamphetamine, unlawfully possessing buprenorphine, as well as offences of forgery and uttering a forged document.

An aerial photo of Trinity Beach, a seaside suburb on the Northern Beaches of Cairns, on the edge of the Coral Sea. Picture: Brendan Radke

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The court heard Best forged a document from a fake company to attach to his rental application for a $795-per-week Trinity Beach home, for which he was ultimately successful.

Police searched Best’s house on November 17, 2019, locating a bag containing the methylamphetamine, hidden in a ducted airconditioning vent in the living room ceiling, and buprenorphine in Best’s bedside table.

The court heard the amount of methamphetamine was commercial in quantity, but there was nothing else in the home to suggest a commercial operation.

Justice Jim Henry sentenced Best to two and a half years in prison, to be released on September 6, taking into account time served.

Originally published as Joshua Russell Best sentenced to two and a half years in jail over 110g meth stash