Prosecutors move to restrain houses and cash belonging to alleged drug traffickers Daniel Eelbeck and Keisha-Skye Magua
Prosecutors have moved to freeze assets belonging to a young Adelaide couple accused of trafficking in as much as a kilogram of cocaine.
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Prosecutors have moved to seize houses, cash and a motorbike belonging to a young couple charged with trafficking a commercial quantity of cocaine and money laundering.
Daniel Eelbeck, 30, of Noarlunga Downs and his partner Keisha-Skye Magua, 26, of Hackham, are charged with multiple counts of trafficking as well as cultivating 10 cannabis plants.
A third co-accused, Shaun Richard William Hunt, 31, of Noarlunga Downs, is also charged with the alleged offending.
Court documents released by the District Court show lawyers from the Director of Public Prosecutions have applied to restrain assets linked to both Mr Eelbeck and Ms Magua as the case continues.
Prosecutors applied to freeze Ms Magua’s Hackham home, which is valued around $550,000.
They also moved to restrain Mr Eelbeck’s Noarlunga Downs home, which is valued around $470,000, as well as a black 2021 Harley Davidson motorbike and $18,149 in cash in a Commonwealth Bank account.
The court is understood to have made orders restraining both sets of property while the charges remain before the courts.
The order does not prevent the couple living in either of the homes, but restricts their ability to take out a mortgage, sell or devalue the property in any way.
The trio are accused of trafficking a commercial quantity of cocaine at Noarlunga Downs on February 3, 2022.
Under current controlled substances legislation, a commercial quantity of cocaine is between 100g-750g pure or 200g-1kg mixed.
They are also charged with basic trafficking cocaine, trafficking cannabis and laundering $7260, all on the same day at Noarlunga Downs.
On a separate court file, the trio are charged with diverting electricity and possessing prescribed equipment used in the cultivation of cannabis.
Mr Hunt is also charged with possessing cannabis and a device used to smoke the drug.
Mr Eelbeck is individually charged with possessing a dangerous article and a prescription drug without permission.
Lawyer Peter Hill, for Ms Magua, has previously indicated he will argue the prosecution do not have enough evidence against his client to prove any of the charges.
All three will appear in court again in December to answer the charges.
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