By Cam Lucadou-Wells
A FATHER of five has pleaded guilty to trafficking drugs and handling proceeds of crime after being discovered with a cocktail of drugs and electronic devices in a car at a Pakenham car wash.
Brian Andrew Duyn, 33, had been seen with a male and female cleaning a Ford Falcon with stolen number plates on 2 October about 5.45pm, Dandenong Magistrates’ Court heard.
When fronted by police, Duyn produced a fake Victorian driver’s licence with his photo and the purported name “Wayne Hood” of Waverley Road, Mt Waverley.
The unemployed man was found with $1375 cash on his person and then fled on foot as police began to search the car.
After an hour-plus pursuit involving other police units including the Air Wing, Duyn “lashed out” during his arrest and had to be forcibly restrained, the court heard.
Meanwhile during the car search, police found an ice pipe, and a milk crate containing mobile phones, cordless drills and gaming consoles.
About five grams of suspected ice in three small bags, as well as a bag of cannabis and a container of 15 grams of GHB were also seized by police.
At the time there were two warrants for Duyn’s arrest including for stealing a vehicle.
The lawyer said he was intending to move to his girlfriend’s home in Highett to escape his associates in Narre Warren-Pakenham.
The accused had been drug-free for most of his twenties until he “spiralled out of control” into an ice addiction when made redundant as a forklift operator in 2012, the lawyer said.
Duyn had since “made steps” to booking in for rehab and seeking work as well as behaving “impeccably” during his stint at Port Phillip Prison, the court heard.
During the hearing on 13 December, the court was told that Duyn had just served 70 days’ jail for perverting the course of justice – namely, for supplying “dodgy” medical certificates to Dandenong Drug Court.
Duyn’s lawyer said the accused referred to his unsuccessful drug treatment order as “the worst period of his life”.
“His issue with the Drug Court was the daily grind of talking drugs … hanging around with drug users every day.”
Magistrate Doug Bolster retorted that Duyn wouldn’t have been there if he didn’t start hitting hurdles.
Mr Bolster said Duyn faced further jail time followed by a community corrections order. He adjourned sentencing until 14 December.
