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A young Nth Qld mum has avoided jail instead getting a chance to “prove herself” after she was caught with about more than $10k worth of meth stashed in her car
Share 'Within an hour he was boasting that he was not to be deterred by police stating to a customer that he would hide the drugs in an anal cavity,' she said. The court heard he was looking to expand his drug empire to nearby Emerald from Townsville and had also helped a friend escape police custody by cutting off his handcuffs. On his arrest cops found a tick sheet that showed Standley was owed $19,390 by multiple people and had $33,260 of unexplained funds in his bank account. Prosecutor Monique Sheppard said Standley had dealt an estimated 1kg of drugs.