18YO Pine Rivers drug dealer busted by Snapchat stories

A police raid on a southeast Queensland teen’s home following his activity on Snapchat has revealed a damning amount of evidence, including more than $1000 in cash and cannabis plants.

An 18-year-old drug dealer has been fined $2500 after a police raid on his Pine Rivers home revealed he’d been producing cannabis and selling drugs, including MDMA.

Kyle David Gregory Kleinschmidt pleaded guilty to seven drug-related charges at the Pine Rivers Magistrates Court on Thursday.

Kyle David Gregory Kleinschmidt, 18, pleaded to seven drugs-related charges.

These included one count of possessing property suspected of having been used in connection with the commission of a drug offence, one count of possessing drug utensils, two counts of possessing dangerous drugs, one count of possession of property suspecting of being acquired with proceeds of an offence under the drugs misuse act, one count of producing dangerous drugs and one count of supplying dangerous drugs.

According to the police prosecutor, Kleinschmidt kept a purple book recording the names, amounts and prices of his drug deals.

Kyle David Gregory Kleinschmidt told police he turned to dealing drugs to drum up some money during the pandemic.

The court heard the notebook was found during a police search on Kleinschmidt’s home which uncovered a great deal of additional incriminating evidence.

Scales, a vaping pen, nine tablets of MDMA and $1915 in cash were found inside a safe, Kleinschmidt’s phone showed several Snapchat stories in which the young man offered to sell sticks of cannabis and a 50cm tall cannabis plant and nine seedlings were growing inside a greenhouse.

Kleinschmidt told police he obtained the cash through selling drugs and had earned an additional $1000 more from their sale, though that money was “no longer there”.

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The court heard Kleinschmidt resorted to selling drugs because he found it difficult to secure employment during the pandemic and was struggling with money.

Kleinschmidt has since found employment as a trade assistant, installing solar panels.

Magistrate Trevor Morgan elected not to record a conviction due to Kleinschmidt’s young age and lack of any criminal history, however he did issue Kleinschmidt a $2500 fine.