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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Sam Rigney

Drug dealer hid $220K worth of party drug in Speers Point garbage bin

Police searching a home at Speers Point in December in 2022 found 55 bottles of industrial chemical 1,4-Butanediol and methamphetamine and cash.

A MAN running a significant drug supply operation out of his backyard at Speers Point, including hiding nearly 27 litres of a deadly party drug in the false bottom of a garbage bin, has been jailed for a maximum of seven years.

Michael Glynatsis, now 50, was the "primary operator" of the enterprise and was responsible for sourcing large quantities of methamphetamine and 1,4-Butanediol, and industrial chemical solvent known as "bute" and used as an alternative to GHB.

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