Lyneeka Ann Wilson sentenced to nine years jail for trafficking methylamphetamine

In just five months, a Darling Downs meth dealer managed to turn over $410,000 in an operation described as ‘sickening’ by a judge.

A Darling Downs mother-of-two was running such a large meth operation, she had accumulated more than $410,000 in just five months, a court has heard.

Lyneeka Ann Wilson appeared in Toowoomba Supreme Court on Thursday where she pleaded guilty to a number of drug offences, including trafficking methylamphetamine.

The court was told for five months between July and December in 2019 the 38-year-old was involved in selling wholesale quantities of methylamphetamine to other drug dealers, as well as street level users for both financial gain and to support her habit.

Crown prosecutor Nicole Friedewald said Wilson had about 30 regular customers, and she was “constantly in contact” with her clients talking about money owed and the quality of drug supplied.

“She had the ability to supply methylamphetamine at least every second day during her trafficking period and in addition to that ability she also had the ability to supply significant amounts of the drug,” she said.

Ms Friedewald said in the five month trafficking period analysis of her bank records indicated she had a turnover of about $410,000, however she didn’t “enjoy any trappings of wealth”.

The court was told police conducted three search warrants on her Inglewood property, with 5.175g of methylamphetamine seized in a September 2019 raid and 26.175g seized in a search in November, as well as other drug paraphernalia like scales and bags.

Wilson’s operation came to an end after a third raid in December 2019 when she was arrested.

“While the Crown accepts Wilson had an addiction, her business went well beyond that of feeding her own habit,” Ms Friedewald said.

“An aggravating feature is that she wasn’t deterred by police executing search warrants on her home, she was not deterred by being subject to notices to appear or subject to bail undertakings and her trafficking business only came to an end when she was remanded.”

Defence barrister Bill Walsh said his client had a history of employment, and was supported by her husband, family and friends.

Mr Walsh said her two children were motivating factors for her rehabilitation and her “strength in getting through this difficult period”, with Wilson abstaining from drug use since her arrest.

Mr Walsh said Wilson had attended rehabilitation program Drug ARM and undertaken 56 sessions between February 2020 and September 2021.

Justice Peter Callaghan described her offending as “sickening” that exerted an influence across southeast Queensland.

“A lot of your activity was conducted at what we call the street level but on occasion it rose above that to wholesale distribution of methylamphetamine,” he said.

“Significant sums of cash were involved, you’d pay up to $12,000 to your supplier and you would on occasion sell on credit to make it possible for more people to access more of this drug and cause more misery in the community.

“There is something pathetic about the self-pitying complaint that you made in November 2019 whne you bemoaned how little you were gettting when you were taking such risks. You were taking risks because this conduct is condemned and it is condemned because it is sickening.”

Wilson was handed a nine year jail term, with two years behind bars. She will be eligible for parole on September 23, 2023.