Phillip Nikolovski of Epping caught dealing GHB, ecstasy, ice

Paramedics called to help an Epping teen found slumped unconscious in a suburban driveway where shocked to find what the 19-year-old had in his pockets.

Nikolovski had to be taken to Northern hospital by ambulance. (Generic photo)

Paramedics discovered a large stash of drugs and a knife on a teenager who was found unconscious in an Epping driveway by a stranger.

And just a fortnight later, police had to use capsicum spray on teen Phillip Nikolovski when he armed himself with a dumbbell and refused to put it down.

The 20-year-old fronted Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court on Friday, August 7, having been charged with drug dealing on two occasions while on a community corrections order.

Magistrate Meaghan Keogh said she wasn’t sure what to do with Nikolovski, who had been caught drug dealing for a second time after spending 50 days in custody and being given drug treatment.

The court heard on February 24 Nikolovski, who was 19 at the time, was found passed out in an Epping driveway.

In the ambulance paramedics discovered drugs in his bag, which police said was 12 grams of methamphetamine, five grams of ecstasy and 90ml of GHB.

He also had an ice pipe, syringe, deal bags, a 19cm knife and his wallet was stuffed in his underwear.

He was charged with trafficking all three drugs.

When police went to arrest Nikolovski on March 9, for a matter which cannot be published, he resisted arrest.

Police found methamphetamine in his underwear.

Nikolovski was held in custody for 50 days and released on court supervised bail.

Police then found him sitting in a car in South Morang with another man on July 12.

Leading Senior Constable Andrew Williams said a car door was open, and police smelt cannabis, before Nikolovski, who appeared heavily drug-affected, was found with a large amount of deal bags in his pocket.

Police found $1450 cash, 3.57g of cannabis, a set of scales, seven new SIM cards and two new phones in the car, while 4.31g was found on Nikolovski at the police station.

The court heard the Epping man had been put on a corrections order in April 2019, for which he had done very little of his assigned community work.

Nikolovski pleaded guilty to all charges before the court, with his lawyer, Chris Brydon, saying he suffered from depression and had self medicated with cannabis, GHB, heroin and Xanax since he was at school.

Mr Brydon said Nikolovski had a very supportive family behind him, who had previously forked out for drug treatment, and noted he had pleaded guilty at an early opportunity.

Ms Keogh said Nikolovski had committed serious offences while on court orders.

“Clearly Mr Nikolovski, ice is not working for you,” she said.

“It’s one thing if you want to smoke ice, but you start selling it to other people and peddle that misery into other families, then we’ve got a real problem.”

Ms Keogh said she was taking into account his young age in sentencing him to four months jail, with 76 days having been served, followed by an 18-month corrections order.

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