Aron Neville Wilson faces Toowoomba Supreme Court for trafficking dangerous drugs, possessing methylamphetamine MDMA and cannabis

After narrowly escaping from a police raid on his home, a wanted Toowoomba ice trafficker was found in a stolen car with a sawn-off shotgun, a court has been told.

On the run after narrowly avoiding a police raid on his home, a methylamphetamine trafficker was brought down by specialist police following a dramatic 2020 stand-off involving a stolen car and loaded sawn-off shotgun at a Harristown service station.

Aron Neville Wilson, 29, faced Toowoomba Supreme Court on Friday where he pleaded guilty to trafficking in dangerous drugs, five counts of possessing dangerous drugs and unlawful possession of a weapon.

The then 26-year-old came to the attention of police investigating the distribution of drugs across Toowoomba, Crown prosecutor Nicole Friedewald said.

After serving three years and three months of a six-and-a- half-year jail sentence for the robbery of a service station while armed with a shotgun, the court was told Wilson was released on parole in May 2018.

However about a year later, Wilson supplied a “significant quantity” of cannabis to a juvenile, though he was unaware of the person’s age at the time.

Aron Neville Wilson appeared in Toowoomba Supreme Court on June 3, 2022 where he was sentenced after pleading guilty to trafficking a dangerous drug and multiple counts of possessing a dangerous drug.

Ms Friedewald said Wilson’s trafficking escalated, and over a period of some eight months he was involved in a drug enterprise involving methylamphetamine and cannabis.

The court was told a search warrant was executed on his home on January 10, 2020 some four months into his operation, where a large quantity of drugs were found including 20g of methylamphetamine, 15g of MDMA and $17,000 in cash.

Despite being the subject of a police raid, Ms Friedewald said Wilson’s trafficking continued, which saw him possess weapons and threaten people who owed him drug money.

A heavy ice user at the time, the court was told Wilson had associates hire cars and rent motel rooms to operate the business.

The enterprise came crashing down on May 15, 2020 when police executed a search warrant on his home, and after refusing to open the door, Wilson managed to escape and fled the scene.

Ten days later on May 25, Wilson was spotted in a stolen car at a Harristown service station, and despite attempting to escape he was apprehended at the scene with the assistance of specialist police, including the dog squad.

The court was told a loaded sawn-off shotgun was found in the vehicle.

Wilson’s barrister Scott Lynch said his client was a “bad junkie” who thought his arrest was inevitable so carried on dealing until that happened.

Justice Martin Burns sentenced Wilson to six years behind bars, but with 739 days of pre-sentence custody recognised as time served made him immediately eligible for parole.