Junior Moe MMA fighter fronts court on cocaine supply charges
Retired MMA welterweight fighter Junior Moe was caught dial-a-dealing cocaine in the backstreets of Bondi while on his L plates.
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A former MMA fighter who was dial-a-dealing in Bondi while on his L plates has pleaded guilty to supplying cocaine.
Junior Pio Moe, 28, of St Clair, whose fight history in the cruiser weight division boasts five professional bouts, appeared briefly in Waverley Local Court on Tuesday.
The now retired fighter who has since turned his hand to scaffolding, pleaded guilty to charges of drug supply, dealing with the proceeds of crime and driving as an unaccompanied learner on a suspended licence.
Police were patrolling a notorious Bondi Beach dial-a-dealer hot spot when they watched a woman attempt to clamber aboard an innocent Uber driver’s car near the Beach Road Hotel just prior to midnight on December 28.
“These streets are well known to police for the supply of prohibited drugs, namely cocaine,” the police fact sheet reads.
“This involves the dial-a-dealer methodology.”
Minutes later, Moe, who fought under the alias Junior Topa, turned up in his black Volkswagen Polo, court documents state.
After picking his customer up on the corner of Blair St and Glenayr Ave, Moe did a U-turn, dropped the woman off and officers watched her walk “briskly” away.
Eastern Suburbs police stopped the woman who handed them the bag of coke and caught up with Moe and his co-accused Jordan Timu, 28, on nearby Wellington St.
A search of the car located three further bags of cocaine in the glove box, just under $6000 in cash and a phone with the Wickr app which is commonly used by drug dealers due to its encryption and message deletion functions.
Upon his arrest and interview at Waverley Police Station, Moe claimed $800 was from “a slap”, a cash in hand scaffolding job, and a further $3000 was from a win on the pokies.
He admitted some of the money was for “other stuff” and when the police inquired if this meant selling cocaine he replied “yeah”.
The police fact sheet further states he admitted to selling the woman the bag of coke for $300.
Timu, who was sitting in the passenger seat, claimed he only entered the car a short time before the deal took place but admitted he knew it was going to happen.
The case has been adjourned for sentencing.
Moe, whose fights are popular on YouTube, retired last year following a largely amateur career which began in 2012.