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A hidden stash of drugs was discovered in the jail cell of a Hervey Bay man who was last year sentenced to seven years in prison for drug trafficking.
Daryl David Hall, 34, pleaded guilty in Maryborough Magistrates Court to one count of possessing dangerous drugs.
The court heard the convicted drug trafficker, who built a drug empire in Hervey Bay, was busted with 32 Subutex strips after a search of his cell.
The court heard the father of five had been previously subjected to sexual abuse.
He would become eligible for parole on July 7 this year, the court was told.
Acting Magistrate John Milburn sentenced Hall to six months, wholly suspended, with an operational period of two years.
His parole release date would remain the same.
In August last year, Hall faced Maryborough Supreme Court.
The court heard raids had been carried out at the Booral home shared by Hall and his co-offenders, as well as at a unit in Urangan.
They had at least 40 customers to whom they sold meth, the court was told.
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