Man who sold drugs from his caravan sentenced to prison for trafficking
A drug dealer working and living at a Qld funeral home dug his own hole when he took promo photos of his product.
A funeral home employee who trafficked meth and marijuana took photos to show he had the drugs to sell – a move that would prove more helpful to police than the customer.
Jayden Charles Shore, 28, fronted the Supreme Court in Rockhampton this month over his Emerald drug trafficking enterprise.
Crown prosecutor Joshua Phillips said Shore supplied drugs in street level quantities for about two months.
He said the trafficking business was discovered when police raided Shore’s caravan in May 2024, uncovered drugs and paraphernalia and seized his phone.
The court heard Shore had seven clip-seal bags containing a crystal-like substance, a brown substance in another clip-seal bag, some marijuana, a homemade pipe and a grinder.
Mr Phillips said Shore’s phone revealed he carried out at least 29 supplies to 16 customers with most of those being marijuana deals.
He said there were nine meth supplies, 17 of marijuana, one of MDMA and two buprenorphine supplies.
The court heard Shore made a least $3770 from sales and also supplied on tick.
Justice Michael Copley said Shore told police that he had a prescription for the marijuana in his possession.
He said Shore’s supplies were arranged using Facebook Messenger and texts.
Justice Copley said the defendant would send photos of the drugs proving he had them, along with using the photos to promote them for sale.
Defence barrister Scott Moon said his client, who also lived at the funeral home in Rockhampton, had fallen in with the wrong crowd after a relationship break down and was trafficking drugs to support his own habit.
He said Shore, the second eldest of six, left school halfway through grade 10 and previously worked as a car detailer, fleet driver for the mines and in cleaning.
Mr Phillips said Shore was on a 12-month suspended sentence at the time of the trafficking.
The court heard Shore’s criminal record had convictions for unlawful use of motor vehicles, property offences, dangerous operation of a motor vehicle, domestic violence and breaching community-based court orders.
He pleaded guilty on December 8 to one count of trafficking drugs between March 7 and May 4, 2024.
His 12-month suspended sentence was activated and he was sentenced to 3.5 years prison to be served after the suspended sentence.
Justice Copley ordered Shore be eligible for parole from March 7, 2027.
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