Jessie Dahdah: real estate agent sentenced for drug supply

A Sydney real estate agent caught dealing drugs in a KFC car park has learned his fate in court ahead of his wedding to his fiance, who was inadvertently caught up in his drug drama.

A Sydney real estate agent moonlighting as a cocaine dial-a-dealer will be subject to a curfew preventing him for going out and partying for the next two years – except for his wedding and honeymoon.

Jessie Dahdah, 29, has spent the past nine months behind bars on remand after he was charged with multiple drug supply offences.

The former Bankstown realtor had a secret side gig supplying cocaine across Sydney’s suburbs before it all came undone as detectives witnessed the moment he completed a deal in the KFC Milperra car park, the court heard.

He pleaded guilty to three offences in September.

On November 26, Dahdah learned he would not face any full time imprisonment when Judge Mark Williams sentenced him to a two-year intensive corrections order for one count of ongoing drug supply and two counts of prohibited drug supply.

The court also considered 12 counts of prohibited drug supply, one count of prohibited drug possession and one count of possessing prescribed substances on sentence.

Jessie Dahdah, 29.

Dahdah will be subject to onerous conditions for the next two years, which includes a curfew confining him to his home between 10pm and 5am every day.

The court has made a small concession for his wedding to fiance Rachel Dale, allowing for community corrections to briefly suspend the curfew for their wedding day and honeymoon.

Police also netted Dale when they swooped on the pair’s Woolooware address in February, charging her in relation to six blue and white MDMA caps weighing 0.69g in the couple’s bedroom.

She pleaded guilty to prohibited drug possession and was sentenced to a two-year conditional release order without conviction at Sutherland Local Court in September.

Rachel Dale, 27.

Dahdah will also have to complete 200 hours of community service, submit to supervision by community corrections, abstain from drugs and alcohol as well as undertaking rehabilitation and undergo regular drug testing for the next two years.

On February 12 – the day Dahdah came undone – he had supplied five “half-bags” for $500 to a woman in Northbridge, 1.4g of cocaine to a customer in Granville and 0.62g worth $260 for a regular in Wattle Grove before he went to the fast food joint for one last deal that day.

Agreed police facts tendered to Burwood Local Court reveal detectives were watching the exact moment it all went down.

“(The customer) was heard counting out $150 cash and Jessie Dahdah supplied him with 0.62g of cocaine,” the agreed police facts state.

Police then pulled the customer’s car over and found the bag containing 0.62g of cocaine in his wallet.

“At 7.44pm (the customer) called Jessie Dahdah and told him they had been seen at KFC and he was pulled over,” agreed police facts state.

“(The customer) said ‘f**ken, they found it’.”

Jessie Dahdah.

One week later detectives swooped on Dahdah at his fiancee’s mother’s Woolooware home, where all three were residing together.

His fiance’s mother has not been accused of any wrongdoing.

A raid subsequently uncovered two resealable bags containing 1.26g of cocaine in his car’s centre console, 15 resealable bags containing 9.07g of cocaine in a bedroom safe, 0.35g of cocaine in a cupboard drawer and 1.04g in a bag in the couple’s wardrobe.

There was also $1170 cash and an array of steroids including testosterone.

“Dahdah admitted to having purchased 15 or 16 bags of cocaine for $2000 and making that purchase once every few months,” agreed police facts state.

“He confirmed the MDMA was his and solely for his usage and that the cocaine was for supply as well as his personal usage.”

Police facts indicate Dahdah was caught in the act supplying cocaine 12 times between January 15 and February 13 in Wattle Grove, Revesby, Yagoona, Denham Court, Northbridge, Granville, Milperra and Wattle Grove.

Jessie Dahdah.