Instagram model Veronica Zinger’s roadside drugs bust

An Instagram model and casino hostess with tens of thousands of online followers was busted dealing cocaine and MDMA in one of Sydney’s swankiest neighbourhoods.

A jetsetting Instagram model and casino hostess, with tens of thousands of admiring followers on social media, was busted by police doing shady drug deals from her car around a Sydney party district.

When confronted by officers, the dejected drug dealer immediately pointed police to her stash. When asked if she had any more drugs in the car, she said: “Yeah, some bags in the centre console... coke, cocaine.”

Yesterday Veronica Zinger pleaded guilty to four charges at Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court, two of supply prohibited drug and one each of possess prohibited drug and deal with the proceeds of crime.

Veronica Zinger pleaded guilty to supplying prohibited drugs after a major police operation targeting alleged Sydney cocaine dealers. Picture: Instagram

Zinger was also found with MDMA, commonly known as pingers, in the vehicle.

The 23-year-old who is also a gym instructor and casino cocktail waitress, was pulled in Sydney’s swanky Barangaroo precinct around 4.30pm on November 29.

Barangaroo is Sydney’s newest financial district, filled with gleaming skyscrapers overlooking the harbour as well as bars and restaurants catering to cashed-up high flyers.

In late November, when the boozy Christmas party season was cranking up, Zinger pulled up on Shelley St.

Unknown to her, plain clothed NSW Police officers were covertly observing the area as part of Operation Northrop that was targeting drug supply.

They noted Zinger’s Honda CRV pull up to the kerb and a man jump in.

According to court documents seen by news.com.au, Zinger admitted to selling the man $500 worth of cocaine.

Shortly after he left the vehicle, police pounced on the man as he walked away finding two bags containing 1.4g of cocaine on him.

Zinger had driven off but within seconds she was intercepted by police on a nearby Barangaroo street.

Ms Zinger has worked as a casino hostess. Picture: Instagram

She promotes swimwear on Instagram. Picture: Instagram

When confronted by cops, Zinger readily admitted she had more drugs in the car. Aside from the cocaine, divided up into small bags in the centre console, a small bag of drugs was also found in her handbag.

“It’s probably MDMA,” she told officers. “I dunno, like I know it’s not mine but I might have left it there from ages ago.”

Police found four bags of cocaine weighing 2.8g as well as 1.1g of MDMA. Two phones were also found with messages pointing Zinger to her next rendezvous with a customer.

She had $2150 in her possession and in the car.

When officers asked if she had sold cocaine to the man they apprehended, she replied “yeah, he got in my car and I gave it to him”.

One of Ms Zinger’s promotional pages says she has a “very vibrant and bubbly personality”, has done TV extra work and “would be very keen to land some feature roles”.

Ms Zinger’s Instagram page, which featured images of her photo shoots and a world travel series of herself against scenes in Italy, Greece and the Middle East, has since been shut down.

She was one of 84 people arrested on alleged cocaine charges in a citywide police crackdown on the Christmas party drug market in November and December.

Police arrested dozens of other young people allegedly caught red-handed in the largest targeted drugs raids of the last two years.

Veronica Zinger was one of 84 people arrested and charged with having cocaine in a citywide police operation. Picture: Instagram

Officers say they are amazed at how brazen people doing alleged drug transactions in open, crowded locations have become.

Among those arrested for alleged cocaine supply or possession, are a pregnant 24-year-old, a taxi driver and a RAAF member aged 23.

Last week, 25-year-old Molipopo Leota pleaded guilty to having more than 13 grams of cocaine and $1600 in his car while driving a Toyota Hilux around the streets of Sydney’s CBD last November.

Police arrested Leota after searching a Toyota Hilux at the intersection of Elizabeth Street and Martin Place on November 29, finding more than 13 grams of cocaine and cash in the vehicle.

He will be sentenced in April.

It is the largest number of arrests in one operational phase since the NSW Police launched Strike Force Northrop two years ago.

Northrop seized more than 350 grams of cocaine, plus MDMA, cannabis and cash in targeted raids over three weeks in November and December ahead of the festive season.

With assistance from detector dogs, police conducted raids in Sydney’s inner city suburbs, the eastern suburbs, the inner west and the Sutherland Shire in Sydney’s south.

NSW Police Chief Insp Stuart Bell of said detectives from Northrop would now target bigger players.

“Those who continue to flout the law should know that these operations will continue, and those involved will be charged and put before the courts,” he said.

Zinger will be sentenced on 13 March.

She will be sentenced in March. Picture: Instagram