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Frumious Bandersnatch
A Bondi model who moonlighted as an eastern suburbs cocaine runner made home deliveries in his black Lexus and complained that one driver in the syndicate was scaring off the girls because he looked like "a junkie".
George Gerges, 33, was arrested in his Lexus in 2015 with 40 bags of cocaine hidden in his underwear, 110 bags in his gym bag and 32 bags stashed in a first aid kit in his car.
Despite previously flaunting his wealth on social media with photos from overseas holidays and eastern suburbs parties, he is now represented by Legal Aid.
On Tuesday, he pleaded guilty to delivering cocaine to 1015 customers in the inner city and eastern suburbs between May and September in 2015.
A statement of agreed facts tendered in the Downing Centre Local Court revealed that Gerges complained to one buyer, who was actually an undercover officer, that Mascot was too far away for him.
"I can't keep coming out here," he said when he delivered half a gram to Mascot train station.
"Anywhere around the city, Surry Hills, Woolloomooloo, something like that bro. I just can't come here bro, like I've missed five now ... the traffic is so bad coming to Mascot bro."
The syndicate was run by two men, Andrew Hadi and Beau Greentree, who employed six drivers including Gerges.
Bondi model George Gerges, pictured with former girlfriend and "glamour model" Emma Rose, complained to his boss that one of the syndicate's drivers had a ponytail and was scaring female customers off.
Hadi sourced the cocaine from Dulwich Hill man Anslem Lee, who Hadi and Gerges referred to as "China" or "the Chinaman".
Customers would text Hadi asking for "rock show tickets" or "beers" and Hadi would get Gerges to deliver the cocaine to the buyer.
The buyer would hop into his black Lexus briefly to covertly collect the drugs.
After being tipped off to the syndicate in April 2015, undercover officers texted Hadi and bought drugs off Gerges on at least four occasions.
"Any chance of two tickets to the rock show tonight. I'm at the Casino," an undercover officer texted one Tuesday evening.
"Sweet," Hadi replied.
Thirty minutes later, Gerges delivered two bags of 0.45 grams of cocaine for $200 each.
In one intercepted phone call, Gerges complained to Hadi that a new driver had a ponytail and "looked suss".
"A lot of people have said something about him... like, 'what's with your f---ing driver?' The guy looks like a junkie... some of the girls they're like, 'we were a bit scared to get into the car'," he said
He urged Hadi to tell the driver that he should cut his hair, wear a collared shirt and shave. He also suggested the driver should change the address on his license to an eastern suburbs one.
"I'm telling you cuz, if a cop pulls someone over in the east and their address is f---ing out west somewhere, they will search them straight away," he said.
"I do my absolute best to minimise my risk," he added.
The syndicate appears to have been ripping off its customers, charging $200 for around 0.45 grams. One buyer who was later searched by police thought he had been sold a gram.
In another intercepted call, Gerges told Hadi that customers were complaining about the quality of the cocaine.
"It's the Chinaman's pride again," Hadi said. "We told him don't mix them up and give out the shit ones on the weekend. Let them go out on the weekend and use the good stuff during the week. The regulars, they know."
Gerges was arrested as he left Lee's house on September 2, 2015 after picking up a fresh batch of cocaine.
He pleaded guilty to most charges on Tuesday and will be sentenced on May 25.
Gerges was dating "international glamour model" and Instagram star Emma Rose when he was arrested. He ran a second-hand clothes website with her and worked for a strata management firm.
He was granted strict bail in 2015 after arguing that Ms Rose was struggling financially without him, having to run their online business and pay $650 in weekly rent for their Bondi apartment.
His eight co-accuseds remain before the courts.
Source: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/bondi-mod...smh_newsalert&instance=2017-05-16--07-26--UTC
George Gerges, 33, was arrested in his Lexus in 2015 with 40 bags of cocaine hidden in his underwear, 110 bags in his gym bag and 32 bags stashed in a first aid kit in his car.
Despite previously flaunting his wealth on social media with photos from overseas holidays and eastern suburbs parties, he is now represented by Legal Aid.
On Tuesday, he pleaded guilty to delivering cocaine to 1015 customers in the inner city and eastern suburbs between May and September in 2015.
A statement of agreed facts tendered in the Downing Centre Local Court revealed that Gerges complained to one buyer, who was actually an undercover officer, that Mascot was too far away for him.
"I can't keep coming out here," he said when he delivered half a gram to Mascot train station.
"Anywhere around the city, Surry Hills, Woolloomooloo, something like that bro. I just can't come here bro, like I've missed five now ... the traffic is so bad coming to Mascot bro."
The syndicate was run by two men, Andrew Hadi and Beau Greentree, who employed six drivers including Gerges.
Bondi model George Gerges, pictured with former girlfriend and "glamour model" Emma Rose, complained to his boss that one of the syndicate's drivers had a ponytail and was scaring female customers off.
Hadi sourced the cocaine from Dulwich Hill man Anslem Lee, who Hadi and Gerges referred to as "China" or "the Chinaman".
Customers would text Hadi asking for "rock show tickets" or "beers" and Hadi would get Gerges to deliver the cocaine to the buyer.
The buyer would hop into his black Lexus briefly to covertly collect the drugs.
After being tipped off to the syndicate in April 2015, undercover officers texted Hadi and bought drugs off Gerges on at least four occasions.
"Any chance of two tickets to the rock show tonight. I'm at the Casino," an undercover officer texted one Tuesday evening.
"Sweet," Hadi replied.
Thirty minutes later, Gerges delivered two bags of 0.45 grams of cocaine for $200 each.
In one intercepted phone call, Gerges complained to Hadi that a new driver had a ponytail and "looked suss".
"A lot of people have said something about him... like, 'what's with your f---ing driver?' The guy looks like a junkie... some of the girls they're like, 'we were a bit scared to get into the car'," he said
He urged Hadi to tell the driver that he should cut his hair, wear a collared shirt and shave. He also suggested the driver should change the address on his license to an eastern suburbs one.
"I'm telling you cuz, if a cop pulls someone over in the east and their address is f---ing out west somewhere, they will search them straight away," he said.
"I do my absolute best to minimise my risk," he added.
The syndicate appears to have been ripping off its customers, charging $200 for around 0.45 grams. One buyer who was later searched by police thought he had been sold a gram.
In another intercepted call, Gerges told Hadi that customers were complaining about the quality of the cocaine.
"It's the Chinaman's pride again," Hadi said. "We told him don't mix them up and give out the shit ones on the weekend. Let them go out on the weekend and use the good stuff during the week. The regulars, they know."
Gerges was arrested as he left Lee's house on September 2, 2015 after picking up a fresh batch of cocaine.
He pleaded guilty to most charges on Tuesday and will be sentenced on May 25.
Gerges was dating "international glamour model" and Instagram star Emma Rose when he was arrested. He ran a second-hand clothes website with her and worked for a strata management firm.
He was granted strict bail in 2015 after arguing that Ms Rose was struggling financially without him, having to run their online business and pay $650 in weekly rent for their Bondi apartment.
His eight co-accuseds remain before the courts.
Source: http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/bondi-mod...smh_newsalert&instance=2017-05-16--07-26--UTC
