SA Police administration officer Eamon Dahlgren charged with 16 counts of drug trafficking
An SA Police admin officer has been charged with multiple counts of drug trafficking after being arrested during an anti-corruption investigation.
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A SA Police administration worker has been charged with 16 counts of drug trafficking after an investigation by anti-corruption officers.
Eamon Dahlgren, 25, from Mawson Lakes, appeared in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Wednesday for the first time to face the charges.
Magistrate Jayne Basheer heard Mr Dahlgren’s lawyers had not received full disclosure of information from the prosecution. Mr Dahlgren has not yet entered a plea.
The case was adjourned until March to allow for more information to be provided and for Mr Dahlgren to be listed in the committal court with other serious matters.
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.
Mr 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”.
He was granted bail by police to appear in the Adelaide Magistrates Court.
His charges were upgraded in the intervening months and the court information containing the 17 charges was marked “revision one”.
Two detectives were in court on Wednesday to watch the brief hearing before leaving with the prosecutor.
A police spokeswoman confirmed Mr Dahlgren was not a sworn officer and has since left the police force.
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