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Daily Telegraph
By STEVE GEE
April 7, 2004
HER cafe was one of Port Kembla's most popular eateries.
But while neighbouring shopkeepers raved about Anjelka Gavric's coffee and sandwiches, it was the bacon and egg rolls that kept the junkies returning.
For $5 you got a standard roll.
But those in the know asked for a roll with bacon and eggs and salt and pepper – and got a hit of heroin and a feed for $40.
But the takeaway utopia ended for the suburb's heroin users when the grandmother of two was arrested by police.
Gavric, 49, was charged with supplying heroin in July 2002 after a four-day police sting in which she sold five deals of heroin to undercover police.
She was found guilty in February and is to be sentenced in Wollongong Court today.
But on the streets of Port Kembla yesterday two different stories emerged of the cafe owner referred to by locals as a "beautiful lady".
As the mother of three sat in prison awaiting sentence, her daughter Biki told of the family's determination to clear her mother's name.
Biki, 23, was adamant her mother was framed by local drug dealers.
Her mother had run the Wentworth St shop for over 18 months, having moved to the newly refurbished premises from another shop just 300m away.
During a court hearing police revealed that she had been captured on video selling heroin deals to two undercover police for $40.
"She was framed. That's the only thing I can say," Biki said.
Biki, who has a two-year-old son Kosta, said her mother had a solid reputation in the community and her arrest had stunned customers at the shop, which has since shut down.
"Nobody can believe that this has happened and I when I first heard I just freaked out," she said.
Fellow shopkeepers said they were shocked when police raided the neat cafe in July 2002.
"They used to have nice food and seats outside. I had no idea," said one shop worker.
A worker in a neighbouring pharmacy said: "I used to eat there sometimes but I never had the ones with the white powder in it. I heard rumours."
A former neighbour of the Gavrics said he was familiar with rumours about the house special – the bacon and egg roll.
"If you ask for a bacon and egg roll it was $5, but with salt and pepper it was $40 with some white powder," he said.
"She is a beautiful lady. It was a bit of a surprise."
By STEVE GEE
April 7, 2004
HER cafe was one of Port Kembla's most popular eateries.
But while neighbouring shopkeepers raved about Anjelka Gavric's coffee and sandwiches, it was the bacon and egg rolls that kept the junkies returning.
For $5 you got a standard roll.
But those in the know asked for a roll with bacon and eggs and salt and pepper – and got a hit of heroin and a feed for $40.
But the takeaway utopia ended for the suburb's heroin users when the grandmother of two was arrested by police.
Gavric, 49, was charged with supplying heroin in July 2002 after a four-day police sting in which she sold five deals of heroin to undercover police.
She was found guilty in February and is to be sentenced in Wollongong Court today.
But on the streets of Port Kembla yesterday two different stories emerged of the cafe owner referred to by locals as a "beautiful lady".
As the mother of three sat in prison awaiting sentence, her daughter Biki told of the family's determination to clear her mother's name.
Biki, 23, was adamant her mother was framed by local drug dealers.
Her mother had run the Wentworth St shop for over 18 months, having moved to the newly refurbished premises from another shop just 300m away.
During a court hearing police revealed that she had been captured on video selling heroin deals to two undercover police for $40.
"She was framed. That's the only thing I can say," Biki said.
Biki, who has a two-year-old son Kosta, said her mother had a solid reputation in the community and her arrest had stunned customers at the shop, which has since shut down.
"Nobody can believe that this has happened and I when I first heard I just freaked out," she said.
Fellow shopkeepers said they were shocked when police raided the neat cafe in July 2002.
"They used to have nice food and seats outside. I had no idea," said one shop worker.
A worker in a neighbouring pharmacy said: "I used to eat there sometimes but I never had the ones with the white powder in it. I heard rumours."
A former neighbour of the Gavrics said he was familiar with rumours about the house special – the bacon and egg roll.
"If you ask for a bacon and egg roll it was $5, but with salt and pepper it was $40 with some white powder," he said.
"She is a beautiful lady. It was a bit of a surprise."
