Caught with drugs while helping friend

Sweeney was interviewed by police after his arrest in May and denied that he was supplying drugs.

But he claimed a friend had asked him to hide the various drugs through fear that police were going to raid his house.

Sweeney was transporting the drugs when stopped for a random breath test about 2am on May 18.

Later at the police station, Sweeney was told he was going to be searched to see if any drugs were concealed on him.

That was when he removed a small plastic box from under his crutch area.

Inside the box were resealable plastic bags with 6.2 grams of methamphetmine, 5 grams of amphetamine, 0.15 grams of cannabis resin, 0.02 grams of 251-NBOMe and 1.37 grams of N:N-dimethyltryptamine.

Sweeney, 26, appeared through a video link from Junee jail in Albury Local Court yesterday and pleaded guilty to three counts of supplying more than an indictable quantity of drugs.

Magistrate Tony Murray committed him for sentencing in the District Court at Albury next February and ordered a pre-sentence report.

Sweeney has declined to tell police who provided the drugs to him.

A breath test on Sweeney after he was stopped by a highway patrol officer showed a negative blood alcohol reading.

But a check on him by the officer revealed that he may be in possession of drugs.

More police arrived at the scene in Kaitlers Road at Lavington and Sweeney was asked whether he had any illegal drugs.

He denied having anything in his possession and was frisk searched outside his Victorian registered Subaru station wagon.

Officers searched the car and found 7.1 grams of cannabis under the driver’s seat.

Then police discovered 3.21 grams of ice in the centre console under the stereo.

Sweeney was arrested for drug possession and police interviewed him.

Sweeney said he bought the cannabis for his partner. The other drug was put in the car by someone else, but Sweeney admitted he knew about it being there.