Man charged with supplying ecstasy and LSD at popular North Sydney hotel

A 23-year-old French national Louis Bernard Germain faces drug charges after he was flagged by a police dog while queuing in a line at the Greenwood Hotel.

Louis Bernard Germain will be sentenced for supplying prohibited drugs: Picture: Madelaine Wong

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A French national who told police he wanted to sell ecstasy and LSD to patrons of a popular Sydney hotel appeared in Manly Local Court on Wednesday.

Louis Bernard Germain, 23, was found with two bags of the prohibited drugs after a police sniffer dog stopped him outside the Greenwood Hotel at North Sydney.

Germain, a labourer living at Bondi who has a visa to stay in Australia until 2020, was on his way to a 6pm dance party at the pub in September.

French national Louis Germain walks out of Manly Court on Wednesday. Picture: Madeleine Wong

He pleaded guilty to one count of supplying prohibited drugs and two counts of possess prohibited drugs.

A police facts sheet tendered to court said that police officers were watching Germain approach the pub before a police dog “flagged him” down.

Germain initially denied he was in possession of any illegal drugs before he pulled two clear resealable bags from his pockets.

The facts sheet said the bags contained a number of clear capsules and another substance “which looked like small pieces of paper, one with a yellow ghost” printed on it.

When officers asked what he planned to do with the drugs, Germain said: “It was for my friends and maybe I would sell some to other people.”

Germain told police he planned to sell the MDMA, or ecstasy capsules, for $20 each.

Magistrate Michelle Goodwin adjourned the matter for sentencing in Manly Local Court on November 13.

Originally published as Man charged with supplying ecstasy and LSD at popular North Sydney hotel