A MAN linked to an ice dealing group that sold drugs to undercover police will be sentenced next month.
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Clinton John Lillis, 35, has admitted to his role in the group which sold large volumes of methamphetamine on the Border.
He was nabbed as part of Strike Force Mooli, which was set up last November to investigate supply.
Police were authorised to make undercover purchases from ringleader Ben Heather, who operated from his family home in Lavington while on parole.
Lillis was actively involved in the illegal business and made decision on prices and helped to find suppliers.
He also helped Heather chase up debts.
Lillis was caught on a phone tap organising the sale of seven grams of the highly addictive drug to someone at Wonga Wetlands.
He sold the drugs for $1950 on January 12.
An undercover officer visited Heather’s home on Parkland Crescent and recorded Lillis supplying 55.5 grams of ice for $12,000.
He retrieved and weighed the drugs before handing them over to the police member.
He also handed over three ounces of the drug to an officer for $18,000 on February 2 after retrieving three bags from a black bum bug.
Police raided the house 12 days later, but Lillis was nowhere to be found.
He managed to avoid police as he knew Heather had been arrested.
Victorian officers eventually caught up with him and he was jailed for a month in June for drug driving.
NSW officers arrested him outside Loddon Prison in Castlemaine on August 4 after serving the sentence.
Lillis is now at the John Moroney Correctional Centre in Sydney.
He has been committed for sentence on the trafficking matters in Albury District Court next month.
Magistrate Rodney Brender recently ordered a pre-sentence report.
Co-offender Tammie Parnaby will be sentenced in the same sittings.
