Goce Petrevski: Warrawong man pleads guilty to drug supply
A man at the centre of a major drug bust has admitted to supplying large amounts of drugs after coke, heroin, meth and cash was found stashed around the home he shared with his mum.
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An Illawarra man at the centre of a major drug bust has admitted to commercial drug supply, after coke, heroin, meth and pseudoephedrine were found stashed in various rooms of his house.
Police pounced on the Warrawong home 46-year-old Goce Petrevski shared with his mother on November 21 last year, where they uncovered thousands of dollars worth of cash and a huge haul of drugs.
More than six months after the raids, Petrevski faced Wollongong Local Court on Wednesday, where he pleaded guilty to deem supply large commercial quantity of prohibited drug, deem supply commercial quantity of prohibited drug and possess precursor.
Details about the huge bust were aired for the first time in court on Wednesday, with documents revealing drugs were found in almost every room of his house, including the spare bedroom, kitchen and garden shed.
Police swooped on the Hoskins Ave property in the early hours of November 21, with drug detection dog ‘Stanley’ in tow.
In the documents, police say Stanley made several detections on an initial sweep of the house, prompting them to sift through almost every room.
Court documents reveal Petrevski’s bedroom had a sophisticated security set-up, with cameras fixed around the house linking to a TV screen in the room.
In the spare bedroom, police came across a cane basket, which had more than 17 grams of methamphetamine separated into five knotted plastic bags, as well as four small bags of cocaine weighing 2.31 grams.
After the find, Petrevski was arrested while detectives searched his property.
In the same room police found more drugs, some hidden in vitamin containers, as well as almost $34,000 cash.
More than $23,000 was found stashed in a box under a bedside table, which Petrevski later claimed stemmed from an overseas apartment sale, as well as $10,000 wrapped in foil with the word ‘Hobby’ written on it.
Twenty-six small heat-sealed bags of heroin were found hidden in more vitamin containers, with a total weight of 169.29 grams. Four 1kg bags of MSM, a mixing agent commonly used to cut methylamphetamine with, were also found in the spare room.
In the kitchen, police found three plastic containers. But instead of leftovers, court documents reveal the Tupperware was instead holding 125 grams of meth.
Huge hauls of drugs were also found in Petrevski’s garden shed, with officers finding 791 grams of pseudoephedrine, 501 grams of meth and 306 grams of heroin stuffed inside a set of galvanised metal pipes.
At the police station, Petrevski admitted to owning the cocaine and 53 grams of cannabis found in his garage, telling police he used coke recreationally.
However, Petrevski denied using meth. When asked by police why his fingerprints were found on the packages of meth and heroin he said “I got no idea, police can do their job.”
Petrevski, who is on remand in custody, will be sentenced in the NSW District Court.