Prayas Shah of Rosanna deals heroin, ice, prescription tablets
A large haul of drugs and smoking implements were found strewn about a Rosanna home where a four-year-old girl was living. And her dad has attributed his illegal activity to pressure from the in-laws.
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A large haul of drugs and smoking implements were found strewn about a Rosanna home where a four-year-old girl was living, a court has heard.
And the man responsible for them returned to heavy drug-use and drug dealing due to pressure from his in-laws and losing his job, Heidelberg Magistrates’ Court has heard.
Prayas Shah fronted the court on Wednesday, July 15, having been locked up since police found more than 43 grams of methamphetamine and almost 20 grams of heroin at his home on February 11.
Police raided the double-storey Lower Plenty Rd house about 8.15am, finding drugs dispersed around the house, including on the hallway table.
They seized approximately 43.7 grams of methamphetamine, 19.5 grams of heroin, 164 prescription tablets including Viagra, and some cannabis.
Electronic scales, deal bags, smoking implements, $3235 cash and a range of items, including power tools and a bike, believed to be proceeds of crime, were also uncovered.
The court heard the find meant Shah had breached a community corrections order, which he was placed on after he was released from a nine-month prison term in November 2018 for similar crimes.
Shah’s lawyer said his client had previously dealt drugs in Richmond to support his drug habit.
He said Shah’s addiction and involvement in drug dealing had since been reignited by his business effectively being liquidated and from the pressure of his in-laws.
The court heard Shah was allegedly smoking up to three to four grams of heroin a day, on top of two to three grams of methamphetamine, before he was arrested.
Shah’s lawyer said Shah’s four-year-old daughter was starting to wonder why her dad wasn’t around, but that Shah would have to live elsewhere when released from jail because of issues with the Department of Health and Human Services.
Shah pleaded guilty to the charges against him after Magistrate Michael McNamara indicated he would sentence him to nine months’ jail, with 155 days having already been served, and an 18-month corrections order.
Mr McNamara said if Shah hadn’t pleaded guilty he would have been sentenced to 18 to 24 months in jail.
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