Liam Moody who allegedly important ketamine gets case pushed back

An Altona man who was allegedly busted with huge ketamine stash failed to show up to his latest court hearing.

Altona man Liam Moody, 37, charged over a mass drug importation after an AFP raid in Lara.

A man allegedly responsible for the largest ketamine haul ever uncovered in import Australian history was a no show at court for his scheduled hearing on Thursday.

Liam Moody, of Altona, was remanded in July after he was allegedly seen unloading 80kg of ketamine from a budget rental truck in Lara, with a further 80kg allegedly buried in eskis in the backyard.

The matter was booked in for a committal mention in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court but neither Mr Moody or his lawyers were present and the matter was administratively adjourned for another four weeks.

No reason was given in open court.

Mr Moody’s co-accused Kristian Leivers and James Wojniusz were given a date to appear for a contested committal hearing where it will be decided how strong the evidence against them is.

An esky buried in the backyard of a property at Lara following an AFP raid on July 11.

Buckets of ketamine seized by AFP, found in cement shipped from overseas.

Mr Moody has applied for bail three times and each time has been denied.

The 37-year-old first applied for bail in August in the magistrates court before taking his bid to the Supreme Court.

Supreme Court Justice John Champion denied the application.

Liam Moody, 37, charged over a mass drug importation tried to get out on bail three times.

However, Mr Moody didn’t give up and was granted another chance after it was ruled Justice Champion could have been “biased” against Mr Moody, having been involved in a prior matter relating to Mr Moody

Justice James Elliott heard the third application where his lawyers asked for him to be released as he had recently been diagnosed with a depressive disorder.

The application was again denied, with Justice Elliott commenting he wasn’t surprised Mr Moody was feeling depressed given he was facing life in prison for the six drug charges against him.

It is alleged Mr Moody acted as part of a syndicate to get the drugs into the country, piggybacking off of a legitimate construction company.

At the bail applications it was revealed police named Mr Moody’s brother Christopher, who had been living in Indonesia since 2020, as a “person of interest” and police were concerned about $224k found in a Williamstown storage unit connected to Mr Moody, along with 25kg of MDMA.

Another storage unit in Yarraville leased by another brother, Jordan – who is living in Germany – allegedly contained 14kg of cocaine.

Police described the $6m haul as the largest ketamine seizure the country had ever seen.