A WORRIGEE man arrested as part of Strike Force Idlewild, cracking down on illegal drugs on the South Coast, has escaped a jail sentence.
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Benjamin Devine, 40, of Millbank Road, pleaded guilty to two counts of supplying a small quantity of prohibited drugs, in Nowra Local Court on Monday.
Court papers said Devine was identified as part of a seven-month investigation in which officers obtained evidence relating to the supply of methylamphetamine, amphetamine, cannabis, cocaine and MDMA (ecstasy).
Devine pleaded guilty to supplying .38 of a gram of ice at his Millbank Road property to another man for $250 on January 28, 2016.
He also met with a man in the Stockland Car park in Nowra on February 18, directing him to a location near his Worrigee property, where a woman delivered ice worth $1100.
When initially interviewed by police Devine denied any knowledge of the supply of drugs.
Devine was among 20 people charged following raids in Worrigee, Nowra, Ulladulla, Burrill Lake, Kiola, Batemans Bay, Moruya, Surfside and Catalina on May 17-18 last year.
Police executed 12 simultaneous search warrants across the South Coast and Sydney, along with officers from the State Protection Group’s Tactical Operations Unit, in the operation which started in October 2015.
As a result of investigations, officers obtained evidence relating to the supply of methylamphetamine, amphetamine, cannabis, cocaine and MDMA (ecstasy).
Magistrate Gabriel Fleming placed Devine on a 14-month suspended sentence.