Professional boxer Eleftherios ‘Terry’ Nickolas granted home detention bail after arrest by Operation Ironside detectives
Weeks after a fight in Melbourne in front of tens of thousands of fans, pro boxer Terry Nickolas has discovered if he can have bail.
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Just three weeks after he fought in front of thousands in Melbourne, professional boxer Eleftherios “Terry” Nickolas is now on the strictest form of bail in Adelaide.
Mr Nickolas, 29, was granted home detention bail in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Monday after he was arrested last week by detectives attached to Operation Ironside.
He was charged with manufacturing a large commercial quantity of methamphetamine, becoming the latest person charged over a commercial meth lab being operated out of a Morphett Vale home.
Police allege Mr Nickolas is a member of the Comanchero Motorcycle Gang and helped other members of the gang by sourcing precursor chemicals to make large batches of methamphetamine.
The court heard Mr Nickolas was facing the possibility of further charges being laid – both in Adelaide and Sydney as millions of messages intercepted from the encrypted AN0M app are analysed.
Last week, Harry Patsouris, for Mr Nickolas, asked for his client to be released on home detention bail.
The prosecutor was not opposed to Mr Nickolas’ release under strict home detention bail conditions. Nickolas will appear before the court again in August.
Just weeks before his arrest, Mr Nickolas fought on the undercard of the highly publicised Kambosos-Haney fight at Marvel Stadium, attended by more than 41,000 fans.
The six-round super-welterweight bout, just his fourth professional fight, ended in a draw.
He also finished fifth in the 69kg welterweight division at the 2018 Gold Coast Commonwealth Games and once told The Advertiser he had aspirations of competing in the Olympic Games.
Nickolas turned pro in December 2020 and holds a fighting record of 2-1-1, with both wins by knockout.
He is a member of boxer George Kambosos’ Team Ferocious.
Mr Nickolas had become the 10th person charged after the discovery of an industrial-sized clandestine lab hidden in a Morphett Vale house on August 18, 2020.
At the house police discovered 11kg of ephedrine, 16kg of cutting agent, 8kg of iodine, 238g of methamphetamine and 5kg of methamphetamine in an oil form.
In court documents previously released to The Advertiser prosecutors have alleged that members of the Comanchero were co-ordinating the running of the lab and sourcing the chemicals.
A cook was allegedly employed to manufacture large quantities of methamphetamine and would on the prosecution case be paid $3000 per kilo of the drug.
Other members of the alleged syndicate, including Apostle Broikos, the youngest Ironside arrest, are accused of helping to supply chemicals and materials to the lab.
Matthew Collins is accused of being a cook at the house and has been charged with two counts of manufacturing a large commercial quantity of methamphetamine.
Blake Culbertson and Nameth Khan are also accused of playing a role in the lab.
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