A Howlong man at the top of a drug syndicate that distributed large amounts of methamphetamine across the Border region is now facing sentence.
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That comes with Armin Fejzic deciding to plead guilty in Albury Local Court this week to a substantive charge of ongoing supply of a prohibited drug.
Seven other lesser but related charges will also travel with that count when Fejzic's case goes to the District Court in Albury next month.
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Fejzic, 35, is now the second of the group to admit to his crimes, following Friday's sentencing of Narelle Crumpton to two years' jail on drug supply charges.
A third person, Crystal Lamont, is fighting the allegations leveled against her by the Crown. She too faced court this week, but instead was committed to stand trial.
Director of Public Prosecutions representative Alexander Dixon said the ongoing supply charge had been certified following a case conference, which had resulted in an agreement with Fejzic's defence on the facts.
This states that Fejzic supplied a total of 244 grams of methamphetamine, on 23 occasions, for his own "monetary reward" between June 18 and July 18, 2019.
That and the other charges resulted from the Albury police drug unit's establishment of Strike Force Reichert in June.
"The scope of the investigation," the DPP facts stated, "was to target and investigate the activities of a criminal group involved in the supply of methamphetamines and other prohibited drugs in the Howlong, Albury and Wodonga border region."
The investigation relied on telecommunication intercepts.
Fejzic has admitted to supplying cannabis between the same dates last year, on eight occasions for a total of 163 grams.
A charge of benefiting from the proceeds of crime relates to an incident where police pulled over his car in Larmer Street, Howlong, on August 15 about 9am.
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That happened just as other police were executing a search warrant at his Clarke Street home.
He was arrested and police found $810 in his wallet.
Two charges of possessing a prohibited weapon stem from the police search of his home.
Police found a Taser electroshock weapon under a pillow on a bed in the main bedroom, while a second Taser was found in a black container at the foot of the bed.
Charges of possessing 56 grams of cannabis, of supplying 18 grams of methamphetamine and supplying 6.76 grams of MDMA relate to a police search of a garage at the Clarke Street address.
Fejzic agreed to be interviewed at Albury police station, but he denied any knowledge of supplying prohibited drugs or of the drugs in a bag in the garage.
"The accused admitted to purchasing the two Tasers for protection due to recent threats against his family."
Fejzic's matters and those of Lamont will be mentioned in the District Court on April 17.