A man involved in an ice trade operation run from a Kotara barbershop will be sentenced in November.
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Peter Todd Garay, 52, was due to be sentenced in the district court on Friday, but the matter was left part heard in order to allow Garay to complete a term at a residential rehabilitation facility.
In January, Garay pleaded guilty to three counts of supplying an indictable quantity of a prohibited drug.
Garay was a regular at Kingsmen Hair at Westfield Kotara and saw barber Dominic Louis Cyril Tourneur for a haircut on at least eight occasions between January 22 and March 17, 2021 - when the pair was arrested.
Garay was caught on CCTV on several occasions trading with Tourneur a bundle of cash for a black plastic bag.
When police investigating the sale of drugs out of the barbershop swooped to arrest the pair, Garay was found with 83 grams of ice, while Tourneur had $5000 cash in a drawer at the business.
Tourneur previously pleaded guilty to supplying an indictable quantity of prohibited drugs and dealing with the proceeds of crime. He escaped a jail term in May and was ordered to serve a two-and-a-half year intensive corrections order.
Garay will be sentenced on November 25.
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