NSW narcotics dealers: suburbs with the most narcotics charges
An idyllic seaside suburb in NSW’s Hunter Region is the state’s unlikely narcotics charges capital, while heroin dealers are still rife in Sydney’s inner suburbs. SEE WHICH SUBURBS HAVE THE MOST NARCOTICS DRUG CHARGES.
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The dark days where heroin ruled Sydney’s streets have long passed – but new data has confirmed narcotics dealers still operate across NSW, including one Newcastle postcode which has more than four times as many drugs charges as anywhere else in the state.
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Figures from the Bureau of Crime Statistics reveal where most narcotics charge were laid across NSW between March 2019 and March 2020.
The narcotics category includes depressants such as heroin, morphine and methadone.
The idyllic seaside suburb of Merewether recorded a whopping 268 narcotics charges – more than four times as many as Mt Druitt in Sydney’s west, which recorded the second-highest number with 59.
Kempsey recorded 26 narcotics charges, and the Sydney suburbs of Waterloo, Liverpool, Chippendale, Redfern, Surry Hills and Cabramatta along with Newcastle rounded out the top 10 postcodes with the most narcotics charges across NSW.
NSW Police, together with NSW Health, said they remain committed to reducing the availability of prohibited drugs and narcotics across the state.
SUBURBS WITH THE MOST NARCOTICS CHARGES
1. Merewether: 268
2. Mt Druitt: 59
3. Kempsey: 26
4. Waterloo, Zetland: 23
5. Liverpool: 22
6. Chippendale, Darlington: 21
7. Redfern: 18
8. Newcastle: 16
9. Surry Hills, Darlinghurst: 13
10. Cabramatta: 13
THE DEALERS COPS CAUGHT IN THE ACT
JORDAN FINLAYSON
Former reality television star and NRL cheerleader Jordan Finlayson admits she’s hit “rock bottom” and will spend at least two years behind bars for peddling drugs to fund her own addiction.
The ex-Penthouse model cried as she was sentenced at Downing Centre District Court to at least two years and three months for the ongoing supply of heroin and ice and the commercial supply of GBL in April.
The ex-rugby league cheerleader, who appeared on TV show Beauty and the Geek, received a 25 per cent sentence discount for pleading guilty at an early opportunity.
Finlayson dealt tens of thousands of dollars worth of drugs to an undercover police officer in Sydney while she was on parole for less serious drug offences.
During one deal the 29-year-old assured the cop “the gear’s mad” before handing him more than $1000 worth of heroin wrapped in her bail reporting paper.
DEANNA TUMA
A former Sydney childcare worker has admitted to being a delivery driver for “the City Boys”, who sold balloons of heroin to customers in some of Sydney’s most affluent suburbs.
Court documents reveal Deanna Tuma, 26, sold drugs in ritzy postcodes including Randwick and Woollahra every day of the week.
The Guildford woman has pleaded guilty to drug supply over her low-level role in the syndicate.
Tuma was sentenced to an intensive corrections order for two years and eight months, including 12 months of home detention.
COUNCIL AREAS WITH THE MOST NARCOTICS CHARGES
1. Newcastle: 286
2. City of Sydney: 104
3. Blacktown: 59
4. Fairfield: 32
5. Kempsey: 26
6. Liverpool: 23
7. Canterbury Bankstown: 14
8. Georges River: 9
9. Wollongong: 9
10. Wingecarribee: 8
11. Bayside: 7
12. Cumberland: 7
13. Central Coast: 5
14. Northern Beaches: 5
15. Parramatta: 5
16. Lane Cove: 4
17. Willoughby: 4
18. Port Macquarie Hastings: 3
19. Randwick: 3
20. Inner West: 2