Andrew Miller of Doonside pleads guilty to cocaine possession

A man on a good behaviour bond over dangerous burnouts has faced court again after a sniffer dog found him in possession of cocaine.

A man has faced court after being found in possession of cocaine while already on a good behaviour bond over conducting dangerous burn-outs.

Andrew Miller, 28 of Doonside appeared in Penrith Local Court where he pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine.

According to police facts tendered to Penrith Local Court on the evening of September 9 Miller was at the Lone Pine Tavern in Rooty Hill where police were conducting a drug operation with the help of a sniffer dog.

The sniffer dog indicated the presence of illegal drugs on Miller who immediately admitted to police he had cocaine on him for “personal use”.

A subsequent police search found him in possession of two bags of cocaine in his hip pocket amounting to around 1.68 g.

Andrew miller leaves Penrith court

Andrew Miller leaves Penrith Local Court

He was then issued a court attendance notice.

At the time of the offending Miller was under a conditional release order from a previous charge related to conducting burn-outs dated June 2021.

Agreed police facts regarding this incident state on June 6 Miller was part of a convoy of about ten cars driving recklessly around Blackwell Avenue in St Clair.

The dangerous manner and speed at which Miller was driving the Holden commodore caused a prolonged loss of traction and large amounts of smoke to billow from the tyres.

At one point the car Miller was driving disappeared from sight completely due to the smoke and dust clouds.

Upon apprehension Miller told police the burn-outs were in honour of a friend who had just recently passed away.

He was placed under a conditional release order without a conviction.

In court on Friday, Miller’s lawyer argued further penalty over the drug possession was not necessary as his client had already suffered significant embarrassment from telling his partner and employer about the charge.

The court heard Miller and his partner were hoping to soon conceive a child and Miller had no recorded history of drug abuse or drug convictions.

The court also heard Miller was worried about the impact a criminal conviction would have on his career which involved working with government agencies on large scale projects.

However the Magistrate said it would be “inappropriate” not to record a conviction as Millar had breached his good behaviour bond.

Andrew Miller was convicted and fined $600.