Accused drug supplier to swap lipstick for nursing scrubs
A court has heard beauty queen Kimberley Treacy, co-founder of multimillion-dollar cosmetics line The Lip Lab and accused of commercial drug supply, is swapping lipstick for nursing scrubs.
An accused commercial drug supplier and co-founder of a national beauty empire is swapping lipstick for nursing scrubs, a court has heard.
The Lip Lab co-founder and mother-of-two Kimberley Treacy appeared in Campbelltown Local Court today, flanked by her mother and father, charged with commercial drug supply.
The Oran Park 30-year-old was charged in March this year following a four-year police investigation into the supply of cocaine and ice in south west Sydney.
Police allege Kimberley Treacy was a significant mid-level dealer in a drugs syndicate masterminded by her de facto partner Shannon Macauley, which used a heavily encrypted short messaging service on BlackBerry phones to communicate.
Macauley is also before the courts on commercial drug supply charges.
The charges came after nearly 4kg of cocaine, more than a kilogram of ice and $133,000 cash were allegedly found by police in September 2016, hidden under a rock in a blue Aldi bag a short walk from her Wilton home.
The blue bag also, police allege, contained DNA consistent with Kimberley Treacy.
As part of a bail variation hearing seeking a cutback in Treacy’s daily reporting to Narellan Police Station, Magistrate Ian Guy heard the mother was now studying nursing.
Treacy’s lawyer told the court the Oran Park woman wasn’t a flight risk and was often forced to bring her kids, aged five and four, to the police station as she juggled commitments such as school and preschool drop-offs, weekly health appointments and managing two businesses.
“There is no skirting around that these are serious matters,” Treacy’s lawyer said.
“(However) the risk of flight is very low.”
The bail variation was opposed by the Director of Public Prosecutions.
Mr Guy reduced Treacy’s reporting to three days a week, accepting she wasn’t a flight risk as the alleged drug supply operation was at a domestic level, not international.
She will return to Campbelltown Local Court on August 21 for charge certification.
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