Botanic Ridge dad Timour Madkour pleads guilty to multiple drug trafficking, gun charges
A Botanic Ridge dad nabbed with an Aladdin’s Cave of meth, GHB, steroids, weapons and $37,000 cash at the home he shares with his partner and children admitted dealing drugs for cash because he gets stressed paying bills.
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A Botanic Ridge dad nabbed with an Aladdin’s Cave of meth, GHB, steroids and weapons at his family home peddled drugs to make money, a court has heard.
Timour Madkour, 41, pleaded guilty at the County Court on Friday to multiple drug trafficking and gun charges.
Dandenong Divisional Response Unit detectives raided Madkour’s Cornflower Rise home on March 19 last year.
Madkour, who lived at the home with his partner and children, was nabbed after doing a runner through the backdoor.
Investigators seized a stack of drugs including 360g of meth, 1.8kg of GHB mirror drug ‘Bute’ and bottles of anabolic steroids and human growth hormones.
Police also seized a homemade 9mm handgun, four samurai swords, a knuckleduster, an extendible baton, a silencer, ammunition, young cannabis plants and more than $37,000 cash.
Madkour was hauled into Dandenong police station where he made “no comment” regarding the meth and the gun.
Madkour told police he collected samurai swords and “self medicated” with the GHB.
He also admitted owning the steroids and growth hormones and claimed he bought the baton from Gumtree as a “vehicle safety device”.
The court heard Madkour lacked “life skills” and had trouble “dealing with everyday stresses” but was able to hold down a job.
Madkour has held various jobs including bricklayer, concreter and warehouse manager but
“gets stressed” when he can’t pay a bill, the court heard.
It was submitted Madkour sold drugs because “that’s what he knows” and he needed money to help his family move.
Timour, who appeared via videolink from Marngoneet Correctional Centre, pleaded guilty to trafficking a commercial quantity of drugs, trafficking drugs, drug possession and prohibited person posses a firearm and silencer.
He was remanded to front Judge Christopher Ryan for further plea on September 25.
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