Mark Dunstone pleads guilty to meth supply after police raid in Tyler St, Campbelltown

A man who was caught with 1.3kg of ice concealed in eskies with false bottoms revealed he could not say who gave him the stash as it would put his loved ones in danger.

Mark Dunstone.

A father who acted as a “storage facility” and housed three eskies holding 1.3kg of meth and thousands of dollars in cash was “relieved” when officers arrested him, a court has heard.

Mark Andrew Dunstone, 49, fronted Campbelltown District Court for sentencing after pleading guilty to supplying more than a large commercial quantity of a prohibited drug, installing a tracking device to find person, stalk or intimidate, knowingly dealing with proceeds of crime and possessing a prohibited weapon.

Two charges of possession of prohibited drug, possession of prescribed restricted substance, possession of a prohibited weapon and stalk or intimidate will be taken into account on sentence.

Officers stopped Dunstone, a Campbelltown resident, driving a van on the Moore Oxley Bypass at Campbelltown in July 2021.

Police then raided a unit on Tyler St and seized three modified plastic eskies with more than 1.3kg of meth in the form of ice and liquid meth and $90,000 in cash.

Mark Dunstone was charged in July 2021 after office stopped him on the Moore Oxley Bypass.

It was revealed that Dunstone had struck a deal where he would look after the stash in exchange for a small amount of ice for his own use.

During a sentencing hearing on Tuesday, Dunstone said he had been drug free since being arrested more than 600 days ago and his health had improved dramatically.

“I’ve lost 27 kgs … I got to thank police because they actually saved my life,” he said.

“I probably would have died within the next month or so my legs were swelling up and I had pains in my chest … [now] I don‘t have nothing at all.”

When cross-examined, Dunstone said he could not reveal who he was holding the drugs for as it would endanger his loved ones.

“I’m in prison, my family isn’t,” he told the court. “If I go mentioning names my family would be in danger.”

Police executed a search warrant at a unit on Tyler Street, Campbelltown, where they seized three modified plastic eskies.

Dunstone told the court on release he would go straight to rehab and then look to move away from Sydney with his partner.

Defence barrister Gregory Jones asked the judge to consider an extended parole period based on a finding of special circumstances.

He said Dunstone had been “frank” about his addiction and need for help, he understood the severity of his actions, and he was only acting as a “storage facility”.

Director of Public Prosecutions representative Michael Lantis said the stalk and intimidate and the tracking device charges were “serious examples”.

He said Dunstone had “guarded” prospects of rehabilitation and while he did not participate dealing out the drug, he had an “extensive” criminal record.

Dunstone will learn his fate at court on Friday.