Beau Dennis Marshall pleads guilty to major drug supply ring from coast to Tamworth
A man at the centre of an alleged drug syndicate, which supplied methylamphetamine from the Central Coast to Tamworth, has pleaded guilty.
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A 30-year-old Central Coast man has pleaded guilty to supplying a large commercial quantity of drugs — locally and to a man in Tamworth — using “couriers” who he gave cover stories, paperwork and other work-related reasons for why they were travelling.
Beau Dennis Marshall, of Chittaway Point, faced Wyong Local Court last week where he entered guilty pleas to supplying a large commercial quantity of drugs between September 24 and December 2 last year, knowingly deal with the proceeds of crime and possessing a prohibited drug.
It came almost two years after Tuggerah Lakes Police established Strike Force Harle in March 2020 to investigate the supply of methylamphetamine on the Central Coast.
Meanwhile in October, officers from Oxley Police District established Strike Force Kunderbung to investigate the supply of `ice’ in the Tamworth area.
An agreed set of facts states Marshall would source methylamphetamine from an upline supplier in Sydney and used three men as couriers to supply amounts of the drug to a man in Tamworth and collect the payment.
“Marshall repeatedly urged and tried to arrange for (the couriers) not to travel at night, to avoid ‘RBT’ times and avoided sending the same car to Tamworth two days in a row to avoid suspicion and police detection,” the facts state.
Marshall also arranged for the men to have “paperwork” and other work-related reasons as cover stories to be in the Tamworth area “to deflect suspicions as to their reason for travelling”.
The facts state he also used couriers to supply drugs on the Central Coast and collect payments.
Officers from both strike forces obtained warrants to intercept Marshall and several other men’s phones and through recorded calls and physical surveillance, found Marshall conducted no less than 103 drug transactions with a total amount of 1.4652kg of methylamphetamine between September 24 and December 2 last year.
The facts state Marshall supplied his Tamworth contact a total of 1.12kg of ice on nine occasions and received between $285,000 and $326,500 in payments.
On one occasion a courier picked up 140g of ice from Marshall’s home at Chittaway Point, and drove it to a house at Fitzroy St, Barraba, an hour north of Tamworth where he received $42,500.
At the time police surveillance observed the courier to be “in the company of his son, (aged 11)” the facts state.
Marshall also supplied 345.3g of methylamphetamine on the coast receiving between $95,680 and $121,080 in payments, which he accepted in cash, electronic transfer and in some cases paid couriers by wiping between $700 and $800 off their drug debts.
About 7.30am on December 2 police stopped a Toyota HiLux at Willow Tree, south of Tamworth.
The facts state the 51-year-old driver told police he was on his way to work inspecting NBN pits for asbestos but he was really a courier delivering drugs for Marshall.
Police searched the ute and located a small steel toolbox screwed to the undercarriage of the vehicle containing 109.6g of methylamphetamine.
The alleged courier driver, of Watanobbi, was taken to Tamworth Police Station and charged with supplying drug. He remains before the court.
At the time of the arrest police conducted seven simultaneous raids on properties around Tamworth and the Central Coast.
During the searches at Barraba, Manilla and Tamworth police seized $80,000 cash, 5g of methylamphetamine and 30g of cannabis.
A 46-year-old man from Barraba was arrested and charged with commercial drug supply offences and dealing with the proceeds of crime. He also remains before the courts.
Police searched Marshall’s Geoffrey Rd property at Chittaway Point where they seized mobile phones, $25,000 cash and 11.89g of methylamphetamine.
The facts state Marshall fled the house shortly before the search was conducted and a warrant was issued for his arrest.
On February 4, 2021, Marshall called Woy Woy Police Station and stated that “he was willing to turn himself in”.
He will face Gosford District Court next month to set a sentencing date.
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