Narre Warren drug dealer: Tayla Moore busted selling meth in undercover police sting
A dealer who sold $29,000 worth of meth to an undercover cop outside a Narre Warren pharmacy asked if he had a good place to hide the drugs “in case he was intercepted by police”.
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A drug dealer who sold $29,000 worth of meth to an undercover cop outside the Narre Warren Chemist Warehouse has escaped a lengthy jail term.
Tayla Moore last month pleaded guilty in the Victorian County Court to one count of trafficking a drug of dependence.
Police first caught a whiff of Moore and a co-offender‘s activities in July 2017 when detectives targeted one of their associates, Samuel Jackson.
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A covert operative gained the confidence of Jackson, who gave them details of Jackson’s drug supplier at the time.
The operative bought 56g of meth with a street value of $9800 from Moore and the dealer in Keysborough on October 18, 2018.
The drugs were later tested and found to be 70 per cent pure.
Then on December 5, Moore and her co-accused met the covert outside the Narre Warren Chemist Warehouse.
The undercover cop hopped into the pair’s car and handed over $29,000 in cash.
Moore asked the operative if “he had a good place to hide the drugs in his car, in case he was intercepted by police”.
The co-accused left the car to take the cash to his supplier but returned shortly later with resealable bags containing 160g of meth.
But while he was gone Moore told the operative that her accomplice was “good at dealing of drugs as he gets the customers to come to him”.
She also said “if you do not use (meth) and just sell it then the money’s worth it” and “that the (meth) being purchased was expensive and of good quality”.
The covert left with the drugs but Moore and the co-accused weren’t arrested until January 29, 2018 at Moore’s Narre Warren home.
Judge Claire Quin highlighted Moore’s efforts to rehabilitate while in custody but called her offending “a step up in seriousness”.
“Given the steps that you have taken towards your rehabilitation, less weight should be attributed to specific deterrence,” she said.
“However those who are involved in drug trafficking on any scale, should be aware that the community expects stern punishment.”
Moore was sentenced to time already spent in prison (174 days) and was placed on a community corrections order.
Her co-accused will front court charged with more serious charges at a later date.
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