He was originally arrested in 2017.
An Irish DJ who was caught supplying large amounts of cocaine and ecstasy in Australia has been jailed. He was sentenced to six years and nine months at the Supreme Court in Darwin.
As previously reported, Stephen Donnelly (37) was one of four people arrested in Darwin in October 2017 following a multi-agency police operation.
Donnelly, from Co Meath, moved to Australia in 2011 and was initially arrested as part of what the police described as an operation aimed at the “dismantling” of a “sophisticated” drug syndicate.
The syndicate transported MDMA and cocaine from the United Kingdom to Darwin.
North West Star said that Mr Donnelly had admitted to being “an absolute idiot” in court while Northern Territory Police said that he was part of a drugs ring that contributed “significantly to the Darwin cocaine and MDMA market”.
Tommy Ransley, a 32-year-old UK national who was leader of the drug syndicate, was also jailed for six years. French model Sebastian Ducros (24) will be released and deported in October.
At the time of the arrest, Detective Senior Sergeant Mark Stringer said: “The operation identified a sophisticated syndicate that transported MDMA and cocaine from the United Kingdom to Darwin. Police allege that on 8 October, two males traveled to Mount Isa where they collected a package containing drugs.
“The pair then traveled back to Darwin on 11 October and dropped the package at a Darwin CBD storage shed. They were arrested shortly after. A third male attended the shed and collected items from the package. Upon doing so, members from Taskforce Nemesis and the Territory Response Group arrested him. The package was found to contain 1.2 kilograms of MDMA pills and 127 grams of cocaine.”
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