Brett John Gundry in Rockhampton court for trafficking dangerous drugs

A Victorian man has been handed a prison sentence for his role in trafficking cocaine and more than 76kg of marijuana across state borders to Rockhampton.

A Victorian man has been handed a prison sentence for his role in trafficking cocaine and more than 76kg of marijuana across state borders to Rockhampton.

Brett John Gundry, 57, pleaded guilty in the Rockhampton Supreme Court on May 22 to one count of trafficking dangerous drugs and two counts of possessing dangerous drugs.

Gundry’s co-offender, Michael John Christopher Anderson, 47, was sentenced in the Rockhampton Supreme Court on March 17 to six years’ prison with parole eligibility after he served 12 months for drug trafficking, possessing marijuana and cocaine, as well as possessing something used to traffick dangerous drugs.

During Anderson’s sentence, the court heard the Victorian businessman had arranged for Gundry to transport marijuana and cocaine via a tow truck, registered to Anderson’s towing company, from Victoria to Koongal in North Rockhampton.

Police executed a search warrant at a property in Koongal on December 6, 2021.

The court heard police allegedly saw Gundry reverse the tow truck into a driveway on Saunders Street, Koongal, on December 6, 2021 at 5.17pm and that a caravan was unloaded from the tow truck tray into a carport at the residence.

Minutes later, police executed a search warrant at the property.

Inside the caravan police found 169 cryovac bags which contained 76.03kg of marijuana, the court was told.

Police also seized a clip-seal bag containing 6.497g of pure cocaine in 27.188g of substance.

The marijuana haul found hidden in the caravan.

The court was told the approximate street value of the marijuana was $586,635 and there was about $8000 worth of cocaine.

Gundry, who had a 15-page criminal record, was granted bail in Rockhampton Magistrates Court on April 20, 2022.

During the bail application, Gundry’s defence barrister Tom Polley told the court his client’s future mother-in-law was willing to offer up $50,000 surety.

Justice Graeme Crow sentenced Gundry to five years’ prison, suspended for an operational period of five years after serving 137 days, which was pre-sentence custody declared as time already served.