Wollongong drug dealer Jason Amoroso will face the District Court in June, after pleading guilty to supplying methamphetamine and GBL, commonly known as liquid ecstasy.
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When he was arrested in August 2020 the 36-year-old, who has previously been convicted of drug charges, claimed he had slipped back into addiction, but denied he was selling.
At Wollongong Local Court on May 19 however he plead guilty to two counts of supplying drugs on an ongoing basis, and one charge of take part in supply a commercial quantity of a prohibited drug.
In documents tendered to Wollongong Local Court in 2020 police said they collected extensive evidence of Amoroso's involvement in the supply of methamphetamine and GBL, commonly known as liquid ecstasy, throughout the Illawarra between April and August.
A phone tap on his mobile allegedly intercepted hundreds of phone calls and text messages relating to the supply of drugs.
Police will allege Amoroso was recorded selling almost a litre of GBL between April 23 and August 6, along with 41g of ice during the same time period.
The court heard Amoroso's close associate and alleged syndicate member, Kelly Dent, travelled to Sydney in mid-July to pick up 2lt of GBL from an up-line supplier.
However, police intercepted Dent on her return to Wollongong, stopping her vehicle on the Princes Highway at Maddens Plains and seizing seven bottles from the boot of the car, each of which contained a clear liquid.
Dent told police it was water in case her car overheated, but an intercepted phone call between her and Amoroso a short time later revealed Dent was already preparing herself for the worst.
"I'm going to jail Jas," she told him.
When Amoroso asked her how she could call him, she said "they've gone. They cant prove that that's G. They've taken all of it. The 2ltrs. Im going to jail."
Amoroso was arrested at the Wollongong Novotel on August 4 2020.
Amoroso was taken to Wollongong Police Station and charged with five drug-related offences.
Two of those have since been withdrawn.
He was denied bail, and will face Wollongong District Court on June 18.
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