Jarrod Thomas Brown sentenced for possessing dangerous drugs

A man in a Queensland watch-house was found to have four different drugs “up his backside”, but a magistrate shot down suggestions he was attempting to smuggle them into Capricornia Correctional Centre.

A man in a Queensland watchhouse was found to have four different drugs “up his backside”, but a magistrate shot down suggestions he was attempting to smuggle them into Capricornia Correctional Centre.

A Queensland man was in police custody when he was found to have secreted not one, but four different drugs “up his backside”.

Jarrod Thomas Brown was found with LSD, opioid Buprenorphine, anti-anxiety drug Diazepam, and synthetic steroid Stanzold while at the Mackay watch-house between January 22 and 26, 2023.

Police prosecutor Leonie Taufa’ao said the incident was an attempt at “smuggling” the drugs into Capricornia Correctional Centre, but Magistrate Damien Dwyer struck the notion down.

“What is the relevance of that ... if there’s sufficient evidence to support it, it should be a charge,” Mr Dwyer said.

Jarrod Thomas Brown, 22, of Moranbah faced Mackay Magistrates Court on Wednesday.

“It’s an uncharged act, so how can I take that into account?”

ATSILS lawyer Phillip Moore said he had been instructed by Brown that another person had taken the drugs into the watch-house, to which Mr Dwyer asked “so how did they get up his backside?”

Mr Moore said there was no dispute Brown had them in his possession.

Brown pleaded guilty to four counts of possessing dangerous drugs.

Jarrod Thomas Brown faced Mackay District Court on May, 20, 2021

Mr Moore said Brown accepts that he has drug issues he needs to resolve that dovetail with a series of diagnoses for ADD, anxiety, and schizophrenia, yet did not present any medical documentation to substantiate his submission.

“You have a terrible history of drugs and violence,” Mr Dwyer said to Brown.

“You are not a person of good character.”

Brown was sentenced to two months imprisonment for the drugs, but given immediate parole eligibility after serving 105 days in presentence custody.