Man 'caught with drugs' fights charge

By Courtney Trenwith
Updated November 5 2012 - 7:54pm, first published May 25 2009 - 11:46am

A Russell Vale resident has denied allegations he is a drug dealer despite police finding a large amount of methylamphetamine and drug-related items in his home.Mirko Radosavac pleaded not guilty in Wollongong District Court yesterday to supplying prohibited drugs.Police had been conducting surveillance near Radosavac's Keerong Ave home after receiving intelligence that he was a street-level supplier of methylamphetamine, facts tendered said.Police stopped Radosavac after allegedly seeing him receive money from a woman in a Bellambi Lane car park on October 14, 2008.They allegedly found $1580 cash in his wallet and jacket pocket and asked to search his home.When police entered Radosavac's home, he allegedly rushed to the kitchen and put his jumper over a plastic bag containing methylamphetamine.Radosavac had told police a man had left the drugs at his house earlier that day, the facts said.Police claim two mobile phones used by Radosavac but registered in a different name was evidence he was involved in drug supply.Radosavac will next appear in court on August 17.

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