A Jindera couple have admitted to their roles in a large-scale cannabis ring where the drug was to be sold throughout the Albury area.
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Husband and wife Edward Allan Tindle, 66, and Anecita Empasis, 37, pleaded guilty on Tuesday after several charges were withdrawn.
They had been arrested at Albury police station just over 12 months ago, coming after they travelled through the Northern Territory, Queensland and South Australia to buy large amounts of marijuana, to then distribute on the Border.
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Albury Local Court magistrate Richard Funston committed Tindle for sentence before the District Court in Albury.
That was on charges of supplying a commercial quantity of a prohibited drug, over 28 kilograms of cannabis, and of knowingly direct the activities of a criminal group.
With that, charges of supply a prohibited drug of a commercial quantity and dealing with the proceeds of crime, namely $1 million in cash, were withdrawn.
Empasis' case will remain in the Local Court after she pleaded guilty, also through defence lawyer Chris Watson, to participating in a criminal group.
Charges against her of supply a prohibited drug and deal with the proceeds of crime were withdrawn.
Empasis will be sentenced on November 30, while Tindle's case will be first mentioned in the District Court on January 11.
Mr Funston ordered the preparation of a sentence assessment report on Tindle, then continued bail for the pair.
Victoria Police had used a search warrant to gain access to the holding yard of a transport company in the Melbourne suburb of Laverton North on August 31, 2020.
The car was towed to a police holding yard and searched, resulting in the seizure of 62 individual, vacuum-sealed bags containing the cannabis.
The role of a fellow gang member was to collect the car once the vehicle arrived in Albury.
That man planned on storing the car - a green Holden Commodore bought in South Australia for $10,000 - and the cannabis at his Walbundrie home until sold.
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