Kyia English makes bail bid over serious drug supply charges

The hustle of an accused drug dealer – who police allege took part in 16,500 text messages and 7600 phone calls across a four-month period as part of her illegal enterprise – has been revealed in court.

Kyia English has been charged with serious drug supply offences.

An unemployed mother has been granted bail after she allegedly supplied meth more than 270 times and profited nearly $45,000 from the sale of drugs over four months.

Kyia English, 37, appeared in Sydney Supreme Court on Wednesday where she was released on strict conditions after spending months in custody.

English has been charged with ongoing drug supply, supplying an indictable to commercial quantity of drugs, dealing with the proceeds of crime and running a drug premises.

She was arrested and denied bail in Sutherland Local Court in December.

Documents previously tendered to court state police established Strike Force Trute in May last year to investigate the Penshurst mother’s alleged supply of methylamphetamine.

Kyia English was granted bail in the Supreme Court. NCA NewsWire/Bianca De Marchi

Investigators used electronic and physical surveillance, CCTV and telephone intercepts to monitor English from June 20 to October 19.

Police alleged English had 50 regular customers and supplied drugs for financial gain and had no form of legitimate income.

During the four months, English allegedly supplied 114g of meth in small quantities of mainly 0.1g up to 3.5g, in no less than 272 individual supplies.

Police allege English received more than $44,830 from her drug sales.

Police allegedly intercepted 7600 phone calls and 16,500 text messages of alleged drug supply communication where English allegedly organised the sale of drugs with customers.

She and her customers used common code words such as dot, point, half ball and ball, as well as “eye” and “cold” to describe meth, “slow” for heroin and “G” or “drink” to refer to GBH.

In court, English’s lawyer submitted his client had a limited criminal record and noted a sentence of full time imprisonment was not inevitable.

He said English was cooperative with police, allegedly made admissions and was a “drug user/dealer”.

The court heard English was on a carer’s pension for her mother at the time of her arrest.

The lawyer said English had undertaken addiction programs while on remand and took it upon herself to liaise with a support service that helps Aboriginal inmates upon their release.

She also had no custodial issues and had earned a trusted work position.

He said English wrote in a letter indicating she wanted to put her offending “behind her” and show the court she could “stay off drugs and make something of her life”, adding she had no interest in returning to drug dealing nor prison.

Justice Helen Wilson said the case against English appeared strong and she allegedly had a “relatively well set up supply business in the Penshurst area”.

She took into account English’s criminal history, her first time in custody and the progress she had made in prison, adding she had family support.

English was granted bail where she must live at her home in Narwee; report to police daily; not leave home between 9pm and 7am; comply with counselling or medical treatment directed by the support service and only be in possession of one mobile phone.

English is yet to enter pleas and will appear in Downing Centre Local Court on May 25.