Brent Allan Caltabiano: Alleged Gold Coast gang associate hit with further drug charges

A Gold Coast man who police say has admitted his links to an outlaw motorcycle gang has been granted bail again despite being charged with serious drug offences while on bail for previous alleged drug offending.

Carrara man Brent Allan Caltabiano, 47. Picture: X

A Gold Coast man who police say has admitted his links to an outlaw motorcycle gang has been granted bail despite being charged with 12 drug offences while on bail for previous alleged drug offending.

Carrara man Brent Allan Caltabiano, 47, appeared in Southport Magistrates Court on Wednesday, where defence lawyer Michael Gatenby made a bail application on his behalf.

Mr Caltabiano’s new charges include, most seriously, possessing a schedule 1 dangerous drug in excess of 2g, as well as five counts of possessing dangerous drugs, failing to provide a passcode to his devices in contravention of a warrant, and other miscellaneous drug and weapons charges.

Police allege the current offending was committed while he was on bail for previous drug offending currently before the Beaudesert Magistrates Court.

Court records there show he is facing 10 charges total, including five counts of possessing dangerous drugs, and various other drug and weapons charges.

Mr Caltabiano appeared in Southport Magistrates Court on April 3, 2025. Picture: NewsWire / Richard Gosling

Bail for Mr Caltabiano was opposed on the basis of his “history of drug and violent offending across three states,” his alleged reoffending while on bail for similar offending, and his admission that he was an associate of the “Brotherhood” gang, which is believed to have ties to outlaw motorcycle gangs.

Mr Gatenby, his defence lawyer, said he believed there was about 10g of a schedule 1 dangerous drug allegedly found in Mr Caltabiano’s possession, but it would be argued that the substance was not in the sole possession of his client, and the quantities of other drugs found in the residence were “insignificant”.

The $1000 cash in Mr Caltabiano’s possession, which police have charged the defendant as being the proceeds of drug sales, was actually wages paid by his mother for assisting her in her bookkeeping business, Mr Gatenby said.

Defence lawyer Michael Gatenby. Picture: NewsWire / John Gass

He said his client’s failure to unlock his device for police, who he told the court were looking for evidence of drug supply, did not automatically mean his client was a drug trafficker.

Mr Gatenby said his client did not have a history of failing to appear before the courts, was tied to a mortgage, had stable employment in the form of his management of a tobacconist (he had also recently started a barbering business, which corporate records show is called 2 B Ceen Barbers), and was also engaging with rehabilitation services.

Magistrate Joan White said she did hold concerns Mr Caltabiano would offend further if she granted him bail again, but she did ultimately grant bail, partially because she considered there were some “grey areas” in the police allegations.

She ordered him to report to police three days a week – up from once a week currently – undergo drug screening, and only have one mobile phone in his possession, which police must have the passcode for.

His charges were adjourned to April 15.

The Beaudesert charges will return to that court on April 22.