Jordan Zikan: Brisbane tradie sentenced for huge drug cache
A Brisbane man on parole for commercial possession of dangerous drugs got back in the game just months after his lifeline, a court has heard.
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A Brisbane man on parole for a large stash of cocaine and steroids hired a storage shed which his mates used to hide their cache of the same drugs which previously landed him in hot water, a court has heard.
Kangaroo Point man Jordan Paul Zikan, 26, pleaded guilty in Brisbane Supreme Court on Wednesday to two counts of commercial possession of a dangerous drug and one count of possessing a dangerous drug.
The drug stash was detected by police on February 10 this year following a search warrant on a West End storage shed which Zikan was visiting “daily”.
Inside, underneath a false tabletop, they discovered 130g of white powder containing 85g pure cocaine, seven vials of steroids containing 82g of substance, and a small quantity of MDMA.
Zikan was arrested the following day and has spent 285 days in custody as the offending was in breach of a parole order imposed on May 28 last year in the Brisbane Supreme Court.
On that occasion, he was also sentenced for possessing commercial quantities of cocaine and steroids.
He was previously sentenced to three years’ imprisonment with immediate parole release, taking into account 22 days of pre-sentence custody, and given a 30-month suspended sentence, which was also breached by the current offending, as was a previous 18-month suspended sentence for obstructing police.
His previous sentence for which he is currently serving time is due to expire on May 5, 2023, although Zikan may apply for parole before that time as it was only suspended and not cancelled due to the commission of the current offences.
It was accepted by the Crown that Zikan was not personally using the drugs which were at his storage shed, but rather allowing his friends to use the shed to store the drugs and to come and go as they pleased.
It was also accepted Zikan had no knowledge of the “quantity or purpose” of the drugs.
Zikan used the shed as a garage for tinkering with cars, the court heard.
The court heard Zikan attended North Lakes State College and was a qualified airconditioning technician who had an offer of work upon his release from custody.
He was sentenced to 30 months’ imprisonment, wholly suspended for an operational period of three years.
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