Man with links to Mongols OMCG builds meth empire under his mum’s name

A man with ties to the Mongols bikie gang has been caught trafficking and dealing meth under his mother’s name.

A man with links to the Mongols bikie gang has pleaded guilty to running a sophisticated meth trafficking ring using his mother’s name.

Trinidy Clifford Smith will spend the next three years in jail after pleading guilty to a string of drug related charges in the Brisbane Supreme Court, including drug trafficking, drug possession and failure to unlock his phone for police.

The court heard Smith and his “associates” hired cars and hotel rooms to move and deal methamphetamine and sometimes gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid, commonly known as GHB, to at least 15 customers, between January 11, 2020 and March 8, 2021.

He supplied drugs 40 times using six different telecommunication accounts set up under his mothers name while keeping the drugs in various storage sheds, apartments and hotel rooms, also booked under his mother’s name.

The court heard Smith regularly sold “half balls” or 1.75 grams of meth, worth about $800 each but was found in possession of five kilograms of meth on one occasion.

Crown prosecutor Gabriel Perry told the court Smith’s associates booked hotel rooms for him under their own names, and helped him collect debts.

“ (Smith) would sometimes use threats to collect drug debts … not just the customer but also the partner and family,” Mr Perry said.

Smith was caught by detectives from the Organised Crime Gangs Group who began surveilling him in 2020, gathering evidence for more than a year before executing multiple search warrants in January 2021.

Detectives executed search warrants at Loganlea, Aspley and Deagon addresses, after seizing two-kilogram seizure of methamphetamine from inner City Brisbane apartments, belonging to Trinidy Smith. Picture: Queensland police

Police uncovered several commercial quantities of meth from various locations, including one kilogram of pure methamphetamine, as well as a cry-vac machine, a pipe, rubber bands, scales, several phones and keys to a hotel room booked by his mother.

He was arrested and taken to the watch house on January 22, 2021, but was again caught discussing drug deals with his brother just two days later.

Despite the large drug quantities found, Mr Perry told the court that Smith had not lived a “luxury life” and instead used profits to feed his own drug addiction.

“ (Smith) certainly had a less than ideal upbringing. He was introduced to drugs early,” he said.

Trinidy Clifford Smith has pleaded guilty to trafficking meth using his mother's name. Picture Queensland police.

Smith on Wednesday sat in the dock sporting a thick black Mohawk and navy blue suit, with family and friends supporting him from the public gallery.

He was represented by esteemed barrister Sarah Farnden KC, who told the court Smith’s drug addiction had led to “poor decision making.”

She said he had since engaged with a psychologist and intended to overcome his addiction.

Ms Farnden submitted that a lesser seven-year prison sentence should be imposed on Smith due his small customer base, the short period in which the drug trafficking took place and his lack of serious criminal history.

Before handing down her sentencing, Justice Frances Williams noted Smith “answered to other people higher in the syndicate,” and at times, had spoken about being under threat himself due to racking up large debts to his own suppliers.

“You also warned others, including your mother, to be careful,” she said.

Smith was sentenced to eight years and six months’ imprisonment, with his 428 days spent in pre-sentence custody counted as time served.

He will be eligible for parole on September 13, 2026.