Brendan Keith Henricksen pleads guilty to drug offences in Bundaberg court

A court has been told of the harrowing details of how a young plumber and farm worker was introduced to meth and is still battling addiction a decade on.

A court has been told of the tragic impact of meth addiction after a tradie found himself pleading guilty to a string of charges.

Brendan Keith Henricksen faced Bundaberg Magistrates Court on Tuesday where he pleaded guilty to one count of possessing property suspected of having been used in connection with the commission of a drug offence, two counts of possessing utensils that had been used, one count of possessing a dangerous drugs (schedule one drug quantity of or exceeding schedule three but less than schedule four) and two counts of breaching bail.

On one evening, a person on a green Kawasaki motorcycle had been spotted dealing drugs under a tree on Kellys Rd and when police caught up with the motorcycle rider they discovered it was Henricksen, and found that he had a glass pipe on him.

The court was told that on another occasion, on June 3, Henricksen was caught by police at 12.20am at Kalkie, where officers noticed he was fidgeting with his pants before a first aid pouch dropped from them.

Inside the pouch, they found two bags containing meth - one weighing 1.9g and another weighing 1.45g, both with a purity of 70 to 75 per cent - an agreed amount of 2.2g for sentence.

Brendan Keith Henricksen.

Officers also found an ice pipe and scoops, with the defendant admitting he smoked ice.

Henricksen was also charged with bail breaches for not residing at his specified address and for being out past his curfew.

Police prosecutor Dean Burgess told the court of the scourge that is meth, and how every single day people appear in the region’s courts for using the drug.

“It only takes that one time, then they’re hooked for a long time, if not life,” he said.

Defence lawyer Rian Dwyer told the court his 30-year-old client was introduced to meth 10 years ago.

The court heard Henricksen, a qualified plumber, labourer and farm worker, had been in a vulnerable position after friends wrote off a new $40,000 vehicle he’d purchased.

After causing him the upset of the loss of his vehicle, they reacted by introducing the then young tradie to meth.

“Some mates, is all I can say,” Magistrate John McInnes said.

Mr McInnes told him he had faith he could find his way back off the “pernicious” drug.

Henricksen was sentenced to 12 months’ probation and two months’ jail, suspended immediately with a period of six months to hang over his head.