Partner of The Lip Lab founder pleads guilty to second set of drug trafficking charges in six years

Shannon Macauley, the de facto partner of The Lip Lab founder Kimberley Treacy, was busted with a wad of cash and drugs in the family home. Ms Treacy, who was present during the police search warrant, is not accused of wrongdoing.

Shannon Macauley (left) and his partner, Kimberley Treacy. Picture: Facebook

The partner of a former Sydney makeup queen is staring down the barrel of another hefty jail sentence after confessing to drug trafficking for the second time in six years.

Shannon Macauley, the de facto partner of The Lip Lab founder Kimberley Treacy, was arrested on May 1 last year and charged with drug supply and dealing with proceeds of crime after police discovered 136g of methamphetamine and almost $300,000 during a search of his Oran Park home.

Court documents said Ms Treacy was present when the search warrant was executed at the house, but she is not accused of any wrongdoing and The Daily Telegraph does not suggest otherwise.

Macauley, 43, made headlines in 2017 when he was outed as the mastermind behind a syndicate trafficking in cocaine and ice in south-west Sydney.

He served six years in jail before being released on parole in 2023.

Macauley and Ms Treacy in an undated picture from social media.

Meanwhile, Ms Treacy was arrested in 2019, accused of being a mid-level dealer in the same syndicate.

The charges against her were ultimately withdrawn and she was cleared of any wrongdoing.

A separate court case in 2021, which centred on allegations Ms Treacy lied to a bank to obtain a home loan, resulted in not guilty findings on charges of publishing false and misleading material to obtain property and obtaining property by deception.

The Telegraph understands Ms Treacy is no longer associated with The Lip Lab, which she co-founded with her sister, Courtney, in 2015.

Neither Courtney Treacy, nor anyone associated with The Lip Lab, are accused of any wrongdoing.

Kimberley Treacy was the co-owner of The Lip Lab. Picture: Facebook

Kimberley Treacy at Campbelltown Local Court on September 27 2019. Picture: Eliza Barr

According to a set of agreed facts tendered in Macauley’s most recent case, officers attached to Strike Force Raptor raided a property in Orangeville and the family’s Oran Park home just after daybreak on May 1 last year during an investigation into drug supply in the region.

The officers, who forced entry into the home after Macauley refused to answer the door, found 28g of a crystal substance on the floor in the main bedroom, the agreed facts state.

Macauley was arrested and taken to Narellan Police Station while officers obtained a formal warrant to search the property.

According to court documents, Ms Treacy was at the home when the warrant was executed, and walked police through the property pointing out rooms, what they were used for and who had access to them.

Police discovered a bag containing a large amount of cash, mobile phones and ice spread between the bedroom and the garage.

When interviewed, Macauley said the cash was not his but would not divulge who it belonged to.

Macauley will face sentencing at Campbelltown Court later this year. Picture: Dylan Arvela

He also said he was “not 100 percent” aware of how much money was in the bag.

“Will your fingerprints and DNA come back on that bag? Have you handled the bag?” the officers asked him.

“Yeah, 100 per cent … I actually took it out of a different bag and put it into that bag and box … so I could hide it,” Macauley responded.

The court heard he told police both the cash and the meth had been dropped off to his place the previous night.

“I tipped it into the shoebox … as much as I could fit into the shoebox … I put it into the drawer just cause I didn’t want my um, missus to see it.”

The court heard the total amount of cash seized was $297,535.

Macauley has been in custody ever since his arrest.

He has since pleaded guilty to charges of knowingly take part in the supply of a prohibited drug, recklessly dealing with proceeds of crime and failing to comply with a digital evidence access order direction.

Macauley will face sentencing later this year.

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