Jason Maloney supplied drugs and weapons to Sydney, Southern Highlands and Upper Hunter Shire

When a self-described doomsday prepper was bracing for the end of the world with ration packs and survival kits, he did not prepare for time in prison, after more than 60 drug and weapon charges were laid against him.

When self-described doomsday prepper Jason Ross Maloney was bracing for the end of the world with ration packs and survival kits, what he did not prepare for was time in prison, after more than 60 drug and weapon charges were laid against him.

The Sydney Northern Beaches local was denied bail and is currently in Goulburn Correctional Centre for his role in an alleged organised crime syndicate, involving firearm and drug supply to western and northern Sydney, the Southern Highlands and the Upper Hunter Shire.

Maloney, 35, appeared via audiovisual link at Goulburn District Court for his sentence hearing last Friday, having previously pleaded guilty to 28 of the charges. He will be sentenced for 33.

Jason Ross Maloney was charged and arrested on October 29 during raids on the Northern Beaches and the Southern Highlands in 2019. Picture: NSW Police

Police said he operated under the name “the second amendment” — a reference to the right to bear arms in the United States Constitution – using encrypted messaging apps.

When searching his Dee Why home in July 2019, they found several firearms including a rifle and a silencer, stashed in the roof.

At the time he was on parole for prior drug and gun convictions.

A search of another property linked to Maloney in Bundanoon uncovered nine guns, five kilograms of silver and MDMA.

Police alleged he believed the silver would be useful when the world ended.

The Dee Why local was found to possess and sell several weapons in 2019 including pistols, shotguns and rifles. Picture: NSW Police

According to the fact sheet tendered to the court, Maloney sold drugs and weaponry between January to May 2019 to people in Manly, Penrith, Parramatta, Epping, Bundanoon, Sutton Forest and Merriwa.

Some of the drugs he supplied included a commercial quantity of six litres of the drug GBL at Sutton Forest, 1000 MDMA pills at Parramatta and 357.4 grams of MDMA in Dee Why.

He is also being sentenced for selling nine firearms and supplying 13 prohibited weapons in Dee Why - charges he has pleaded not guilty to.

Documents state some of the weapons had been linked to break and enters on rural properties, including a house in Bundanoon where he stole three shotguns and a rifle.

Facts state he was also charged with stealing a mountain bike and surfboard, as well as using a shotgun under the influence of alcohol.

The crown prosecutor said “(Maloney) maintains a causative link between his beliefs and his offending, minus selling a large quantity of drugs.”

She referenced a psychiatrist report which argued Maloney does not have a mental illness.

“His views are not held by the mainstream, but the views that he researches are held by other people,” the crown prosecutor said.

“They are not reflective of mental illness or a delusion.”

She said Maloney “is a person of reasonable intelligence” and “was running a business of ration packs, survival kits — quite organised activities — and was able to function in a positive, lawful way.”

“It’s just in addition he also engaged in firearms, fireparts and drugs,” the crown prosecutor said.

It is believed that he was not selling to support a drug habit but for profit, according to medical reports referred to in court.

It is believed that Jason Ross Maloney sold weaponry and drugs for profit and not support his drug habit. Picture: NSW Police

While there is dispute about whether he suffers from mental illness, it was concluded by two psychiatrist reports that Maloney does suffer from psychosis.

His lawyer, Daniel McMahon, said Maloney accepts he has a history of “depression, mood disorders and significant substance abuse”, which “needs to be addressed if he is to have realistic prospects of rehabilitation in the future.”

Mr McMahon also mentioned that he was a victim of sexual abuse as a teenager on two occasions as an army cadet.

Judge Julia Baly said the 33 offences are “very serious.”

She is yet to determine whether the psychosis is brought on by a mental illness or drug use.

“There’s an interplay in a person with illness and drug use, which makes it difficult to differentiate,” Judge Baly said.

“And there will be cases where the court doesn’t have sufficient evidence on the fact, which can’t be reconciled.”

She did however say that if mental illness was identified, his sentence could be reduced.

Jason Ross Maloney will be sentenced on April 8 at Goulburn District Court.