Strike Force Kerang: Kiera Lyn Swan pleads guilty to supplying drugs
A former Flight Centre manager who turned to drugs after Covid has pleaded guilty to supplying one litre of GBH with a magistrate warning her she will end up “dead or in jail”.
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A woman who managed a Flight Centre franchise and was once a promising soccer player who trained with the Matildas, has pleaded guilty to commercial drug supply.
Kiera Lyn Swan, 37, of Kariong, faced Gosford Local Court on Friday where she pleaded guilty to supplying 1L of Gamma-hydroxybutyrate, also known as GHB, and 28g of meth.
She also pleaded guilty to four counts of possessing drugs including cannabis, meth, heroin and buprenorphine, handling 60 illegal fireworks and contravening an apprehended violence order (AVO), which will all be taken into account on a section 166 certificate when she is sentenced.
An agreed set of facts states Swan was one of several suspects identified by Tuggerah Lakes Police who established Strike Force Kerang to investigate the supply of drugs, and in particular GHB, on the Central Coast.
“Between February 29, 2024 until March 23, 2024 the offender was captured supplying various amounts of prohibited drugs via sms and telephone calls,” the facts state.
Swan used various code words when referring to the drugs and in the space of a month police captured her on intercepted phone calls and text messages supplying a total of 1L of GHB and 28g of meth.
On March 28 last year police attended Swan’s former de facto’s home on Langford Drive, Kariong, where they found mail and other items belonging to Swan despite the fact she was subject to an AVO which prevented her from coming within 300m of the address.
As police were winding up the search they spotted Swan in the passenger seat of a car parked nearby.
The car took off but was stopped a short distance away and Swan was arrested.
She was found in possession of two $50 notes, a scale, a room key for a West Gosford motel and two resealable bags containing a total of 3.8g of meth.
She was taken to Gosford Police Station where she admitted possessing the drugs and said she intended to smoke it and got the cash from an ATM but declined to comment further.
Police attended Ashwood Motel at West Gosford and spoke to staff where officers learned Swan had rented a room the day before with another woman and they had left early that morning.
In the room police seized $140 in cash, 6.76g of cannabis, 60 fireworks, 0.8g of meth, 0.22g of heroin and 0.33g of buprenorphine.
A separate set of facts, tendered in relation to the AVO breach, states Swan used another inmate’s phone account to ring her ex de facto 192 times between April 16 and June 8 last year.
Her solicitor said Swan was once a promising soccer player who was in the Matilda’s squad before becoming the manager of a Flight Centre franchise at Woy Woy.
The court heard when Covid hit Swan spiralled into drugs.
Magistrate Jennifer Giles said it was an all too familiar story and when people get involved in drugs and the supply of drugs to fund their addiction “bad things happen”.
“They are just using you,” warned Ms Giles.
“Ultimately you end up dead or in jail.”
Swan was adjourned to face Gosford District Court on July 17 to fix a sentencing date.
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