Drug dealer Jade Emma Mack pleads guilty to possessing high quality meth

A drug addicted mum who pushed meth to support her own habit has been given an opportunity to avoid jail after she was busted with a large amount of high quality ice.

Jade Emma Mack was pushing drugs in the Mackay region to support her own habit.

A drug addicted mum busted with a large amount of high quality meth belonging to someone else has avoided going to jail after it was found to be in her and the community’s best interests for an immediate release.

Jade Emma Mack was pushing drugs to support her own habit when on January 23, 2023 in the Mackay region she was pulled over for a licence check.

When police searched the vehicle they found a large stash of meth and used drug items under the steering wheel.

Mackay Supreme Court heard the quantity of ice totalled 7.183g pure in 9.490g of substance which Justice David North said was a significant amount of high quality meth in her possession.

It was accepted the drugs, worth about $2400, did not belong to her but she was aware of them and had been in charge of the car at the time.

Mack, a mum of one, pleaded guilty to aggravated meth possession, which has a maximum penalty of 25 years jail, as well as multiple counts of supplying drugs and possessing a laptop used in her drug offending.

The court heard she either supplied or offered to supply meth six times and marijuana twice in varying amounts including up to 3.5g of meth for $1300 at the highest.

Mack pleaded guilty to 10 charges including aggravated meth possession, multiple counts of supplying drugs, and possessing a laptop used in her drug offending.

“The use and abuse of meth in the community is a scourge … you know the drug is an addictive drug,” Justice North told her on Tuesday.

Crown prosecutor Tiffany Lawrence said her ultimate submission was for 20-24 months jail and it was open for immediate release on parole.

Barrister Scott McLennan agreed, albeit pushed for the lower end and submitted his client had a highly prejudicial upbringing that included domestic violence exposure.

Mr McLennan said in 2022 her mental health declined after a fight with her parents regarding her daughter and she also became involved in a relationship that with a meth user who introduced her to the drug, sparking her offending with drugs.

He said Mack had been supplying drugs to offset her own meth habit and was ashamed of her offending.

The court heard she had a job and had been working hard to rehabilitate and had largely stopped her drug use, with only a couple of relapses that Justice North said was not uncommon during rehabilitation.

Justice North said Mack’s early plea, partial admissions following her arrest and limited history were in her favour and he accepted it was common ground that immediate parole “was in her and the community’s interest”.

Mack was jailed for 22 months with immediate parole and convictions were recorded.

Originally published as Drug dealer Jade Emma Mack pleads guilty to possessing high quality meth