Matthew Waghorn pleads guilty to supplying MDMA and Cocaine on the Central Coast

A Central Coast drug runner who sold large amounts of MDMA and cocaine as part of a criminal network was nabbed after a series of undercover stings by police.

Matthew Waghorn pleaded guilty to a number of drug supply charges in the Gosford Local Court.

A Central Coast drug runner who sold large amounts of MDMA and cocaine as part of a criminal network was nabbed after a series of undercover stings by police.

Matthew Waghorn, 39, of Killarney Vale, pleaded guilty in Gosford Local Court this week via video link to multiple drug supply charges.

According to police facts, Waghorn was a tertiary target of a strike force set up to investigate the supply of prohibited drugs on the Central Coast.

On June 23, 2023, Waghorn met with a police witness at Westfield Tuggerah just after 11.40am and introduced himself. He then pulled a plastic bag from his pants, which contained a paper coffee cup holding two freezer bags tied together.

The police operative exchanged $8000 for 27.8 grams of cocaine.

Waghorn would supply cocaine to a police witness at Westfield Tuggerah on a number of occasions.

On July 4, 2023, Waghorn again met the police witness at Westfield Tuggerah, this time handing over a KFC takeaway bag containing an envelope wrapped in a paper towel. Inside was 139 grams of cocaine, exchanged for $36,250.

On July 20, 2023, just after 9.30am, Waghorn approached the passenger side of the witness’s car at Snap Carwash in Erina and got in.

Waghorn would supply cocaine in exchange for cash.

He pulled a package wrapped in a green and white cleaning cloth from his tracksuit pants and handed it to the witness.

In return for $36,250, the witness received 140.4 grams of cocaine.

On August 25, 2023, Waghorn drove to the Erina Fair undercover carpark with an associate. The associate, Shay Horn, got out and handed the witness 112 grams of cocaine in exchange for $29,000.

Waghorn also drove an associate to Erina Fair and helped him to supply MDMA.

Six days later, on August 31, Waghorn drove Horn to Erina Fair, where they exchanged 997 grams of MDMA for $48,000 with the police witness.

At 12.30pm on March 28, 2024, police attended a unit in Liverpool and found Waghorn hiding under a bed. He was arrested and taken to Liverpool Police Station.

Horn has also pleaded guilty over his role in the large-scale drug trafficking operation.

Waghorn will be sentenced in the Gosford District Court at a later date.

Originally published as Matthew Waghorn pleads guilty to supplying MDMA and Cocaine on the Central Coast