Former SA Police employee Eamon Dahlgren pleads guilty to more than a dozen counts of trafficking cocaine

A former SA Police worker was dealing cocaine throughout the Adelaide suburbs while working for SA police – now he faces the prospect of going to jail.

SA Police administration officer Eamon Dahlgren has been charged with 16 counts of drug trafficking. Picture: Facebook.

A former SA Police administration officer has admitted trafficking cocaine throughout the Adelaide suburbs – including multiple deals on the same day.

Eamon Dahlgren, 25, from Mawson Lakes, was charged with 16 counts of drug trafficking and one count of administering a controlled drug to a person following an internal anti-corruption investigation.

During a committal hearing earlier this month Dahlgren pleaded guilty to 15 charges – 14 of drug trafficking and one of administering a controlled drug.

A further two trafficking charges were dropped.

SA Police administration officer Eamon Dahlgren has admitted trafficking cocaine around Adelaide. Picture: Facebook.

At the time of Dahlgren’s arrest, SA Police said he was an administration officer at the time of the offending.

A police spokeswoman confirmed that Dahlgren had never been a serving officer and had since left the force.

Dahlgren was arrested on October 14, 2022, and initially charged with one count of drug trafficking.

At the time of the arrest a police release stated Mr Dahlgren had been arrested by “anti-corruption section officers”.

His charges were later upgraded and he was hit with 16 more offences.

SA Police administration officer Eamon Dahlgren has admitted trafficking cocaine around Adelaide. Picture: Facebook.

A charge sheet released by the Magistrates Court shows Mr Dahlgren is alleged to have trafficked a controlled drug, believed to be cocaine, in multiple suburbs over the course of just over a month – with some charges grouped together on the same day.

He is accused of trafficking in Port Adelaide and Angaston on September 17 while on October 8 he is accused of trafficking in Gawler, Burton and Mawson Lakes.

He is also accused of supplying or administering a controlled drug other than cannabis to a person on September 23, 2022, at Gawler.

Charges of trafficking on October 13 and 14 at Greenfields and Mawson Lakes were withdrawn by prosecutors during the hearing earlier this month.

He will appear in the District Court for arraignment next Month.

On April 5, police arrested a serving officer, a 37-year-old man and charged him with drug trafficking following an anti-corruption investigation.

It is unclear whether the cases are related and police declined on the most recent case.