Doomsday prepper Jason Ross Maloney jailed for supplying drugs, weapons in Sydney, Southern Highlands

A doomsday prepper who used the name “second amendment” has been jailed for supplying large quantities of drugs and weapons to anyone who shared his “anarchist” views.

A doomsday prepper has been jailed for his role as the kingpin of a crime syndicate that sold illegal weapons and commercial quantities of drugs throughout NSW to fund his “anarchist” views.

Jason Ross Maloney, 35, appeared in Goulburn District Court on Friday to be sentenced for 15 charges related to the ongoing supply of prohibited drugs and weapons throughout the state, as well as the possession of a large stash of “warehoused” guns and weapons.

The court heard the Dee Why resident was also charged with breaking into a home in rural NSW with the hope of finding more guns to sell.

The doomsday prepper was caught after police established a Strike Force to investigate his criminal activities in 2018 and secured a phone tap.

Doomsday prepper Jason Ross Maloney has been jailed for 15 years for supplying illegal drugs and weapons throughout NSW in 2019. Picture: Facebook

In January 2019, the court heard an undercover police officer contacted Maloney, who was using the username “second amendment” (a reference to the constitutional right to bear arms in the USA), over the encrypted platform Ciphr to negotiate the sale of prohibited weapons.

The officer told Maloney he was also a doomsday prepper and a hunter. On January 31, 2019 at Sutton Forest Inn, he handed over $20,000 for a sawn-off shotgun, 35 rounds of ammunition and six litres of the illegal drug GBL.

That was the beginning of a profitable relationship for Maloney. Between January 2019 and May 2019, he supplied the undercover officer with nine firearms, 13 prohibited weapons, ammunition and commercial quantities of MDMA.

Maloney also sold the officer 844 rounds of ammunition for various prohibited guns.

The court heard one of the illegal weapons the criminal kingpin offered the officer was a yellow smoke grenade that he said would “clear a house and suffocate anyone inside”.

Over the five months, Maloney supplied a cache of prohibited weapons including a capsicum spray disguised as a female’s perfume, a taser masquerading as a torch, two sets of knuckle dusters, three daggers, two extendable batons, a slingshot, and a trench knife.

Jason Ross Maloney has been charged with a string of firearm offences after police uncovered military-grade weaponry during raids on the Northern Beaches and the Southern Highlands. Picture: NSW Police

The doomsday prepper also sold commercial quantities of illegal party drug MDMA, offering a bulk delivery of 1000 pills at a time for more than $8500. He generously offered to provide the officer with five pounds of cannabis for $2800 per pound, but the sale didn’t eventuate.

Although Maloney lived in Dee Why, the court heard he used his friend’s home in Bundanoon as a “safe house to store weapons”. During a dawn raid of the home in July 2019, the court heard police uncovered 12 firearms – six of which are prohibited.

One of the guns was found under the couch cushion, while police found 17 illegal weapons including guns, firearm parts and a silencer hidden in the roof of the house.

Police also seized a sizeable stash of prohibited weapons, including four ballistic armour vests, two extendable batons, assorted knives, ammunition, and several magazines for illegal guns.

In addition to a pill press and 76 grams of MDMA, officers also located a stolen surfboard and mountain bike which had been stolen from near Maloney’s apartment.

Although he told police the weapons belonged to a friend who had recently passed away, the court heard a picture of Maloney holding a military assault rifle was found on his phone. Numerous photos of drugs, weapons and guns were also on his phone.

Police officers seized a large stash of guns during their raid of Jason Ross Maloney’s residences. Picture: NSW Police

Only a month prior to the raid in June 2019, the court heard Maloney used bolt cutters to break into a shed in Bundanoon in the hopes of stealing firearms to add to his stash. He stole four firearms, a chainsaw, and a blower from the previously locked shed.

Upon returning to the Bundanoon home, the court heard the stolen firearms were pulled apart and hidden in the roof compartment.

As part of the police Strike Force, a listening device was placed in Maloney’s car, which captured him supplying and agreeing to supply large amounts of ketamine, cannabis, and MDMA across NSW.

“He was proactive in offering drugs to buyers,” Judge Julia Baly said.

She told the court the quantities of the drugs he sold were well over the commercial amount, with Maloney supplying almost double the indictable quantities of ketamine and MDMA.

“If you want something I’ll get it for ya, it’s as simple as that. I really don’t give a s*** if it’s f***ing ice, heroin, or a f***ing machine gun,” Maloney was heard telling a customer.

“As far as I’m concerned, I’m an anarchist man, I don’t care about the law.”

Police uncovered a number of guns hidden in the roof of a Bundanoon home during a raid. Picture: NSW Police

In April 2019, the court heard Maloney said he was “going in like a full sniper” to break into a shipping container on a rural property in Merriwa which he hoped contained guns to steal.

The court heard he and another man drunkenly drove around a Merriwa property with rifles on their laps, shooting at animals. A short video showed Maloney shooting three rounds into a tree at the property while drunk.

Judge Baly said the drug and weapons dealer had “ready access to all manner of firearms and prohibited weapons and he did not care what happened once he distributed the weapons.”

She said Maloney was motivated by money and “showed no hesitation” in supplying illegal drugs and weapons, including military style rifles, for financial gain. Judge Baly noted Maloney was “the principal” in the crime syndicate who demonstrated planning and “warehoused his weapons” in the Bundanoon home.

“He has no knowledge of what the firearms might be used for. He participated in the circulation of prohibited weapons,” she said.

“He was motivated by profit and an interest in firearms, as well as an active disdain for authority.”

Judge Baly rejected the conclusion that Maloney’s offending was linked to a mental illness, and told the court his behaviour was “far more likely to be symptoms of drug induced psychosis”.

Jason Ross Maloney owned his own knife sharpening business. Picture: Instagram

“The stockpiling of weapons and the use of these items are clearly linked to Mr Maloney’s (doomsday) beliefs,” she said.

“His motives in doomsday prepping … are preservation in the event that a catastrophic event occurs.”

The judge acknowledged Maloney was on parole at the time of the “sustained, high level, serious offending” and had previously served prison terms for drugs and weapons offences. However, she opined he had “good prospects of rehabilitation”.

Judge Baly sentenced Maloney to 15 years imprisonment with a non-parole period of 11 years. He will be eligible for parole in July 2030.