Tori Legend jailed over meth, cocaine, MDMA supply for Goulburn drug ring

A dealer who provided gear to a rural drug ring kept the “huge” amount of drugs in carefully labelled containers next to nearly $50,000 in cash.

A dealer who provided gear to a Goulburn drug ring was meticulous with his organisation, keeping his drugs well labelled in their hiding place under the sink.

Tori Legend, 25, appeared in Goulburn Local Court via video link on Wednesday after pleading guilty to four counts of supplying prohibited drugs, possessing a prohibited drug, participating in a criminal group contributing to criminal activity, dealing with property proceeds of crime, and possessing a prohibited weapon.

Court documents reveal Legend’s downfall began in April 2020 when police established Strike Force Hatchetfish to investigate the supply of ice in the Goulburn area. In May, police tapped the phones of Georgina Tsakos and Simon Paull, who they allege were the ringleaders of the drug operation.

Goulburn man Tori Legend has been jailed for supplying drugs to a criminal organisation. Picture: Facebook

Police documents state the Goulburn resident met with members of the drug operation in a burnt out shop to exchange drugs, with one exchange resulting in Legend selling 14 grams of methamphetamine for $4700.

Police facts show Legend was arrested on different matters on July 9 and was overheard making a call to his girlfriend while in custody. According to the facts, he instructed her to “get the safe from under the sink”.

“If you don’t go and get it, I am gonna get killed, they will shoot me,“ he said in the agreed facts.

Court documents show police intercepted Legend’s girlfriend with a safe in the boot of her car. Inside the safe, police facts show they found a stash of containers labelled “coke” and “MD”, knuckledusters, and more than $47,000 in cash.

The court heard the safe held 51 grams of cocaine, 121 grams of methylenedioxymethamphetamine (commonly known as MDMA), and 10 eight gram packs of buprenorphine (a prescription opioid).

Magistrate Geraldine Beattie said the quantities of the drugs were “very significant”. She noted Legend had nearly three times the indictable quantity of meth, five times the indictable quantity of cocaine and a “huge amount” of MDMA.

“Another four grams and that would be a commercial quantity,” she said.

The court heard Legend contributed to the criminal group by acting as their upline supplier in supplying the drugs, meeting people to supply drugs, and collecting money from the sale of the drugs.

“You’re supplying to (them) so (they) can supply to somebody else,” Magistrate Beattie said.

Legend’s lawyer told the court his client was involved in the supply of drugs to feed his own “significant drug habit”.

The magistrate acknowledged Legend had become involved with drugs from a very young age after he “endured” a very difficult childhood.

“You’ve got a lot of your life ahead of you,” she told him.

“It didn’t get off to a great start by anyone’s assessment but what you’re doing now isn’t helping.”

Tori Legend appeared in Goulburn Local Court in his prison greens via AVL. Picture: Craig Dunlop

She accepted Legend has mental health issues, but also noted he had said he enjoyed the influence that came from dealing drugs.

“You were benefiting from the power involved in engaging in those behaviours,” she said.

Magistrate Beattie told Legend his actions had far-reaching consequences beyond the immediate dealer-user dynamic.

“You’re affecting the lives of the others in the group, you are impacting the lives of those who are associated with the group, and affecting the wider community in the flow on effect,” she said.

Magistrate Beattie sentenced Legend to an aggregate sentence of four years in jail with a non-parole period of two years and six months. She backdated the sentence to December 7, when he was initially incarcerated at Long Bay Correctional Centre.