Trio allegedly found with $33k in drugs at Flagstaff Hill refused court bail

Sean Paul O’Leary, 28, Dyllan Floyd Everett Tupp, 19, and Matthew Swirski, 23, were arrested on Tuesday as part of Strike Force Trolley, a controlled, undercover operation set up in January by Wollongong police to investigate drug supply in the area.

The trio was nabbed at Flagstaff Hill around 4pm, after police allegedly recorded them selling in excess of $33,000 worth of drugs to undercover operatives.

They were taken to Wollongong Police Station where Everett Tupp was charged with eight counts of supplying a prohibited drug, two counts of supplying a commercial quantity of a drug, and one count each of taking part in supplying an indictable quantity of drugs, supplying drugs on ongoing basis and supplying a large commercial quantity of drugs.

The bulk of Everett Tupp’s charges relate to alleged drug supply acts prior to Tuesday.

O’Leary and Swirski were each charged with a single count of supplying a commercial quantity of a prohibited drug.

In court on Wednesday, both Everett Tupp and O’Leary did not apply for bail and it was formally refused by Magistrate Michael Stoddart, who ordered prosecutors begin serving the men’s lawyers with briefs of evidence against the pair.

Swirski applied for bail, with his lawyer saying he had no prior criminal record and would agree to abide by any conditions imposed by the court if given liberty.

Police opposed Swirski’s release application, claiming he was a flight risk.

Magistrate Stoddart refused to release Swirski owing to the serious nature of the charge against him.

Court documents tendered during the bail application say police used undercover officers to purchase drugs from the men and recorded the exchange.

Police allege on Tuesday, Swirski was recorded selling 200 blue ecstasy tablets and 284 grams of MDMA to an undercover operative in exchange for $33,000.

Their cases will return to court on May 18.