NSW MDMA dealers: suburbs with the most ecstasy charges
Sydney’s rich and famous are getting caught up in the criminal justice system as MDMA floods the city. Three nightclub and festival hotspots recorded the state’s highest numbers of MDMA drug charges.
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Party hotspots and festival grounds have proved most popular for NSW’s ecstasy dealers, with new data revealing which suburbs have the highest number of charges laid on people pushing MDMA.
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Figures from the Bureau of Crime Statistics reveal where most ecstasy dealers plied their trade across NSW between March 2019 and March 2020.
The Sydney CBD late night hotspot, Surry Hills and Darlinghurst, and popular festival location Sydney Olympic Park recorded the state’s highest numbers of ecstasy dealing charges, with 46, 44, and 38 respectively.
Queanbeyan near the state’s border with Canberra recorded 26 dealers in the year to March 2020.
Parramatta, North Sydney, Albury, Wagga, Paddington and Potts Point rounded out the top 10 postcodes with the most ecstasy drug charges laid across NSW.
The ACIC National Wastewater Drug Monitoring Program Report indicates MDMA tends to trend higher in areas of high-risk entertainment such as dance festivals and licenced venues.
The report also indicates a lower usage rate of MDMA than other more popular prohibited drugs.
SUBURBS WITH THE MOST ECSTASY DRUG CHARGES
1. Sydney: 46
2. Surry Hills, Darlinghurst: 44
3. Sydney Olympic Park: 38
4. Queanbeyan: 26
5. Parramatta: 22
6. North Sydney: 20
7. Albury: 19
8. Wagga: 19
9. Paddington, Moore Park: 19
10. Potts Point: 14
THE DEALERS COPS CAUGHT IN THE ACT
VERA ZINGER
An Instagram model has avoided jail time after she was caught moonlighting as a drug dealer during a Christmas cocaine crackdown.
Vera Zinger, 23, of Rosebery, was sentenced to a 13-month intensive corrections order in Downing Centre Local Court last Friday.
Zinger was pulled over in Barangaroo, before officers allegedly found four bags containing 2g of drugs along with $2150 cash, on November 29.
She was also fined $3950 and must undergo psychological treatment and counselling from her doctor for a period determined by him.
AARON WATERS
A Louis Vuitton-wearing drug dealer from Sydney’s northern beaches says going through NSW’s justice system has been a “pretty big wake-up call”.
Aaron Waters, 27, who runs a Dee Why swimming pool business and once posed for a photo on a horse wading through the ocean, was involved in the supply of cocaine and MDMA out of a garage near Manly’s famous wharf.
Agreed facts state that after his arrest in May last year police seized 1381g of powerful party drug MDMA in the garage, which is worth more than $275,000 on Sydney’s festival and nightclub scene.
Officers also found at least 145g of cocaine and more than $100,000 in cash.
He will be sentenced for large commercial drug supply later this year.
JAMES MINA
A wealthy party boy turned drug dealer stashed cocaine and MDMA in his bedroom at his parents’ luxury waterfront home along with steroids in the fridge, an extendible baton under the bed and cash in a Louis Vuitton box.
Personal trainer and party promoter James Mina, 23, has pleaded guilty to prohibited drug supply and drug possession after detectives found five times the indictable amount of cocaine in his room at his parents’ Sylvania Waters mansion on February 13.
Court documents reveal the raid ultimately uncovered 20.48g of cocaine, 4.32g of MDMA, 10.53g of anabolic steroid Oxandrolone, 1.68g of anabolic steroid Mesterolone, 0.78g of dexamphetamine and 21.7g of testosterone.
Mina was set to fight the charges at a hearing but instead pleaded guilty to prohibited drug supply and prohibited drug possession.
He was sentenced to a two-year community corrections order with supervision.
COUNCIL AREAS WITH THE MOST ECSTASY DRUGS CHARGES
1. City of Sydney: 144
2. Parramatta: 64
3. Central Coast: 33
4. Queanbeyan Palerang: 27
5. Albury: 20
6. North Sydney: 20
7. Wagga: 19
8. Sutherland Shire: 17
9. Inner West: 16
10. Randwick: 15
11. Wollongong: 13
12. Blacktown: 9
13. Campbelltown: 9
14. Newcastle: 9
15. Woollahra: 9
16. Byron: 8
17. Canterbury Bankstown: 8
18. Shellharbour: 8
19. Shoalhaven: 8
20. Tamworth: 8