Peter Foudoulis to be released in November, sentence backdated for Potts Point drug import

A court has heard an eastern suburbs man suffered significant trauma as a child which led him to import huge quantities of GBL, steroids and other drugs before supplying them from home.

A Potts Point man who admitted to importing performance-enhancing drugs into Sydney has been will be released from prison in November after his 16 month prison sentence was backdated.

Peter Foudoulis, 43, appeared at Campbelltown District Court via AVL from Kempsey Correctional Centre on Friday for sentence after pleading guilty to multiple drug charges earlier this year.

Foudoulis pleaded guilty in March to two counts of importing a commercial quantity of GBL into Mascot in December 2019 and two counts of intentionally importing testosterone into Mascot in December 2019 and March 2020.

Peter Foudoulis, 43, appeared at Campbelltown District Court via AVL from Kempsey Correctional Centre on Friday for sentence after pleading guilty to multiple drug charges earlier this year. Picture: NSW Police

He also admitted to the supply 27g of pseudoephedrine, a precursor to the drug ice after 19 other charges laid by the Crown were dismissed earlier this year. A further charge of importing testosterone in April last year was taken into account on sentence.

GBL is a border-controlled drug which is often taken to improve athletic and sexual performance, while testosterone is a prohibited tier 1 good.

Foudoulis was arrested in May last year following a five-month investigation into a drug operation which ran out of his eastern suburbs home.

He came undone after Australian Border Force officials intercepted parcels from Asia in December 2019 and raided his Kings Cross home months later, finding $5000 cash, two phones, GBL and anabolic steroids.

During sentence on Friday the court heard Foudoulis’ drug habit, his family history and using personal information in buying the drugs led to his downfall in May 2020.

Foudoulis pleaded guilty in March to two counts of importing a commercial quantity of GBL into Mascot in December 2019 and two counts of intentionally importing testosterone into Mascot in December 2019 and March 2020. Picture: NSW Police

The court heard he had a troubled childhood and still suffers significant trauma as well as depression and body image issues.

Judge Antony Townsden told the court Foudoulis had achieved a lot in his career and held “numerous managerial positions in various industries”.

He acknowledged Foudoulis’ upbringing has had “significant impact on his capacity to grow and mature in a manner that would ordinarily be expected from people who have not been the victim of such exposure”.

“The fact the offender was suffering from mental illness being PTSD and depression at the time of the offences also reduces the offender's moral cognitive,” he said.

Police raid Peter Foudoulis' Potts Point home after a five month investigation into a drug import. Picture: NSW Police

“I am satisfied the offender has shown insight into his offending and has reasonable prospects of rehabilitation.”

Foudoulis was sentenced to an aggregate term of imprisonment of three years and two months with a non-parole period of 16 months in prison and an additional term of 22 months.

He was also sentenced to a fixed term of nine months imprisonment for a charge of supply prohibited drug but given he was taken into custody in May 2020, the sentence expired on January 31, 2021.

The aggregate sentence will also commence from August 1, 2020.

Foudoulis will be eligible for parole on November 30.