South Coast jail: Edward Nassr, Julal Vural, Robert Sadek and Ahmad Alameddine face court
Four South Coast prison inmates have been charged following investigations into activity of a NSW Corrective Services employee.
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Four prison inmates have been charged after allegedly offering a guard cash to smuggle in contraband, including at least one mobile phone, to the jail.
In March 2020, detectives from the Corrective Services Investigation Unit established Strike Force Draymar to investigate activity by a male NSW Corrective Services employee.
Police have charged South Coast Correctional Centre inmates Edward Nassr, Julal Vural, Ahmad Alameddine and Robert Sadek and the matters were heard in at Nowra Local Court on Monday.
Police allege Nassr and Sadek offered to pay the same guard almost $10,000 cash over two occasions between April 2019 and April 2020 as a reward for smuggling in contraband to the prison. Court documents also allege Alameddine offered the same corrective services officer $5000 in cash on April 16.
According to documents tendered to the court, police allege all four were acting in a criminal group.
Nassr, 42, has pleaded not guilty to two counts of corruptly give or offer agent a benefit and a single count of knowingly direct criminal group assist crime. Registrar Craig Cockburn adjourned his case until August 24.
Alameddine, 30, was charged with three counts of drug supply, one count of corruptly give or offer benefit and one count of knowingly direct criminal group assist crime. He did not enter any pleas and his case was adjourned until July 27.
Sadek, 45, was charged with two counts of corruptly giving or offering an agent a benefit, two counts of use or possession of a mobile phone or part in place of detention and a single count of knowingly direct criminal group assist crime.
Police allege he also possessed a mobile phone and a mobile phone charger while in custody at the prison on April 16, 2020. Sadek did not enter any pleas and his case was adjourned to August 3.
Vural, 28, did not enter any pleas to four drug supply charges and a charge of knowingly direct criminal group assist crime.
In documents tendered to the court police allege Vural supplied 31.5g and 33g of methylamphetamine, 4g of heroin and 15g of buprenorphine between April 12 and 15, 2020, at Vincentia.
His case was adjourned until August 3.