Lilydale’s Joshua Logan busted with snakes, weapons, GHB and MDMA in Lilydale drug raid
Croydon detectives got more than they bargained for when they raided a Lilydale property, where they discovered some interesting wildlife hidden alongside illicit drugs and weapons.
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Snakes and a small armoury of illegal weapons were discovered by police during a drug bust at a Lilydale home.
Joshua Logan, 36, faced Ringwood Magistrates’ Court on June 3 where he pleaded guilty to a raft of charges including weapons and drug possession and handling stolen goods.
Drug squad cops raided Logan’s property in September, finding an illicit pharmacy’s worth of prohibited items including small quantities of methamphetamine, cannabis, GHB, fentanyl, 14 MDMA capsules, prescription medications, drug scales and ziplock bags, Sen-Constable Sarah Gilderdale told the court.
Three swords, an expandable baton, knuckle dusters and a tonfa baton were also found stashed inside the home, Sen-Constable Gilderdale told the court, as were two snakes earlier reported stolen from Lilydale High School.
A number of suspected stolen tools were also found, with Logan telling police he was a “keen gardener” by way of explanation, Sen-Constable Gilderdale told the court, and Logan had to be forcibly restrained when he tried to resist arrest.
Logan’s defence lawyer told the court her client’s life had been dominated by drugs for the past decade but he’d recently made an effort to turn things around.
He’d started rebuilding his relationship with his young daughter, which gave him an incentive to stay clean, she told the court, and he’d spent 65 days’ in jail by way of presentence detention before being bailed.
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Logan’s lawyer asked Magistrate Jan Maclean to consider a combination sentence taking into account time already served as well as a therapeutic community corrections order without supervision.
But Ms Maclean deferred sentencing until September, saying it was up to Logan to show he could keep up the good work towards his rehabilitation before she made her final judgment.
“It really now is over to Mr Logan to see how he goes,” Ms Maclean said.
“If his progress is as positive as it is now I’d be more comfortable with no supervision.”
Logan is due back at court on September 2.