inflatable Toby John Della Valle, Shea Alex Gibbling charged over MDMA import

The jury heard that an Australian border guard officer intercepted a package destined for Launceston, which contained a commercial Number of MDMA.Toby John de la Valle and Shea Alex Kotlin are jointly responsible for the commercial volume of imports of a controlled drug from September 20-20 to October 6.Both have pleaded guilty and are currently being tried by judge Brian Martin at the Launceston Supreme Court.
They were accused separately of selling marketable goods.xa0They also pleaded not guilty to a controlled drug.Commonwealthxa0Prosecutor Gareth Stevens told the jury that Simon Bedford, an employee of the border forcesxa0Doing routine mail X-Light of Australia Postxa0He found a common substance in Sydney.
xa0Cut in a package to a shea butter,xa0York Street in Launceston.It is said that the parcel was sent to Australia from Spain.xa0Labeled with jewelryxa0But it has an inflatable beach chair and a Lego toy.
xa0Inside.
When Mr Bedford testified on Monday, he told the court that he was in X-ray.Mr. Bedford found two packs of brown material in the inflatable pool chair, soxa0He tested one according to the policy and the results showed that MDMA was positive.The jury was informed that the package was sent to the Australian Federal Police, where the MDMA was replaced by salt of the same color and was scheduled to be delivered under control.
It is alleged that a man who claimed to be Shay or Shay Hastin made seven phone calls to Australia Post asking about the registered package.During the investigation, senior Tasmania state police officer Shane Smith worked on secondment from the Australian Federal Police.When he testified on Monday, he told the court that he was in charge of the delivery under control, so he dressed up as an Australian postal employee, usingxa0When the package was put down, a van with the company label on it.
Officer Smith.
xa0He said he called Australia post many times to tell the other party the mobile number of the packagexa0Delivery on the same day-October 5, 2017.The person answering the phone asked if the package could be transferred from York Street to a house on the West Tamar River highway,xa0Officer Smith said.It is alleged that shortly after Mr bibling, 35, signed the package, a search warrant was executed and the house was searched.
The court heard two defendants and a third man at the West Tamar Highway building, but Mr. de La Valle, 29, confirmed to the police that he was president Emerson.Officer Smith said in courtxa0$23,650 in cash was found in a safe box in Mr.
de La Valle's bedroom, and MDMA was found in the insulated cotton strips on the wall.Mr. de La Valle's lawyer, Evan Hughes, told the jury that his client denied any responsibility for importing the package and urged them to judge the case from the point of view of the Federal need to prove guilty.The jury was told that there were two MacBook air in Mr.
Gilbert's bedroom.
xa0Andxa0There is a PVC pipe with brown material inside.Mr. Gibling's lawyer, maclekenfran, told the jury to evaluate all the evidence.xa0Think very carefully about whether her clientxa0Like a drug dealer or an innocent bystander.
The trial will continue on Tuesday.