Guilherme Balula: Brazilian in court for alleged stash of MDMA, acid
An early morning police raid in Bondi Junction uncovered an alleged large stash of MDMA and LSD. A Brazilian national has fronted court after $12,000 cash and 200g of MDMA was allegedly found in his bedroom.
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A Brazilian national has failed in a bid to be released from prison on bail after police allegedly found a large stash of MDMA and LSD in his bedroom during an early morning raid.
Guilherme Marques Balula, 27, fronted Waverley Local Court on Wednesday after police allegedly found a stash of drugs inside his bedroom on May 21.
The court heard five people lived at the address in Bondi Junction and the raid was part of a wider police investigation.
Police allegedly found 200g of MDMA, 130 individual squares of LSD (lysergic acid) and $12,000 cash in a set of draws in Balula’s bedroom.
He has been charged with three serious offences including two counts of supply a prohibited drug and one count of deal with proceeds of crime and applied for bail on Wednesday.
His lawyer said there were others living at the address and the drugs may not have been Balula’s.
“There may be an issue around whether he had exclusive possession of the items found in his bedroom.”
He also claimed the police investigation was primarily targeting another man.
However, the prosecutor highlighted that a commercial quantity of drugs was allegedly found inside his room as well as a significant amount of money.
“There is this connection to organised crime … we are talking about a significant amount of drugs at the location with the cash as well.”
Magistrate Ross Hudson refused his bail and remarked the drugs were not found in a common area of the house.
“It’s found in his room, it is not a common area.”
Balula arrived in Australia in 2017 and resides here on a student visa, the court heard.