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Teenage drug dealer caught in undercover sting selling drugs online through Wickr

AN UNDERCOVER sting involving an online app has led to an Aspendale Gardens teen getting caught dealing drugs.

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AN UNDERCOVER sting involving an online app has led to an Aspendale Gardens teen getting caught dealing drugs.

A court has heard the 19-year-old was trapped selling ice in a police operation after he had been cultivated through the Wickr app.

Jake Wilson pleaded guilty to drug trafficking charges at Moorabbin Magistrates’ Court yesterday.

On January 23 this year an undercover cop contacted Wilson through the encrypted messenger app.

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Wilson told the covert operative he was selling one gram of methamphetamine, or ice, for $300, and they arranged to meet at an Elwood servo.

He drove with another male to the drop off point and the drug deal was done through an open car window.

The ice was later analysed and found to be 83 per cent pure.

Then on March 1 detectives organised a raid on Wilson’s property in Aspendale Gardens, finding a phone, one blue drug pill and a laptop containing drug trafficking messages.

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In court his defence lawyer said at the time Wilson was hanging around with the wrong people who introduced him “to a world of drugs”.

He said Wilson’s involvement was minor, as he was just the driver, and the other man in the car had since been jailed on severe drug charges.

Magistrate Thomas Barrett refused a defence request for just a fine and good behaviour bond, saying the offending was too serious for that.

He instead gave Wilson a 12-month community corrections order involving 100 hours of unpaid work and drug counselling.

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