Ben Michael Thomsen in court for possessing drugs

A prosecutor has stopped short of reading out the details of what happened when police suspected a driver was hiding drugs between his buttocks.

Ben Michael Thomsen appeared in Gympie Magistrates Court via video link on October 31, 2022.

A police prosecutor stopped short of reading out to the court the details of a case involving a stash of drugs suspected to be hidden down a man’s pants.

Ben Michael Thomsen, 36, appeared in custody via video link in Gympie Magistrates Court on Monday, October 31, and pleaded guilty to possessing cannabis, possessing meth, possessing buprenorphine, possessing utensils used in commission of a crime, possessing a pipe, driving while a drug was in his system and obstructing police.

The court was told Thomsen’s Holden Commodore was pulled over by police on Lime Street in Gympie about 1am on September 16, 2022, for a licence check and roadside breath test.

The car was not registered in Thomsen’s name, police prosecutor Vicki Kennedy-Grills said.

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While speaking with Thomsen, officers spotted a glass tube with a smashed end near Thomsen’s feet.

He declared it was not his and he “didn’t know how it got there”.

Police immediately classified his behaviour as suspicious and searched his car.

Thomsen told police he had cannabis stowed away, and 4.4g of drugs alongside a blunt scalpel were placed on the car roof.

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The court heard Thomsen’s “clenched hand” caught an officer’s attention and he was asked to let go. When he did, a small plastic container holding crystal meth fell out, it heard.

Police also found a small strip of suboxone in Thomsen’s wallet.

“At one point, police had formed the suspicion that there was something between his buttocks … Your Honour, I might not read further of those facts,” Sergeant Kennedy-Grills said.

Lawyer Chris Anderson said his client grew up in Rockhampton and was homeless during various periods of his teenage years.

Thomsen had started working in the metal shop during his time in pre-sentence custody, Mr Anderson said.

He was sentenced to three months imprisonment suspended for one year and disqualified from driving for one year. A conviction was recorded.