Southbank mum Caitlin Nielsen pleads guilty to trafficking GHB after Didi delivery drop bust

A Southbank mum who claimed she only does GHB “every second weekend” when her son isn’t around was done dealing drugs.

Caitlin Nielsen was charged with trafficking GHB. Picture: Facebook

A Southbank mum who peddled a dangerous party drug linked to overdoses via a DiDi delivery driver has avoided a jail term.

Caitlin Nielsen, 25, was sentenced in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Thursday to a community correction order after pleading guilty to two charges of trafficking GHB.

Nielsen’s racket went kaput after police spotted the mum handing an envelope to a DiDi driver outside her Southbank apartment block on October 15, 2020.

Police tailed and intercepted the DiDi driver a short distance away, where they seized the envelope which contained deadly rave drug GHB.

The DiDi driver had undertaken a parcel delivery job and was not linked to the drug racket.

Investigators tracked Nielsen back to her apartment where she was arrested on October 18.

Police seized GHB analog 1,4 butanediol concealed in two bottles.

Nielsen was hauled away for questioning.

The mum told police she only used GHB when she didn’t have her son.

“Well, when I don’t have my child,” Nielsen told police.

“So it would be on a Friday night and it would probably be every second weekend.

“They told me if you just deal drugs it can make you really good money, or like attempt to.”

Nielsen was nabbed at Southbank.

Nielsen also told police she paid $400 “upfront” for the deadly drug haul, which was “dropped” to her apartment.

Nielsen also claimed she didn’t know what she would do with the GHB.

“I have no idea,” Nielsen said.

“Mainly personal use … I didn’t like the idea or wanted to entertain the thought of dealing so it was mainly for personal use.”

Nielsen also told police she was “pretty sure” the person who sold her the GHB intended for her to “sell it on”.

Tony Hannebery, for Nielsen, called for his client to escape with just a fine but the submission was instantly dismissed.

Mr Hannebery told the court Nielsen was a “good mother” who enjoyed a solid career in the car sales industry prior to suffering an injury in a motor accident.

Nielsen was ordered to be assessed for a community correction order.

Her bail was extended for sentencing on March 8.

4-hydroxybutanoic acid is better known among drug users and the public as GHB.

GHB is a dangerous party drug which has been linked to overdose deaths.

The risk to health is increased when drug users take GHB while on other illicit drugs including ecstasy, speed, heroin and even alcohol.

Nielsen, who avoided a conviction, was placed on the order for 12 months.

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