Five years in jail for brick of cocaine and $237k cash stash

Drew Paterson outside the Heatherbrae bungalow where he was arrested in January, 2021. Picture: NSW Police

GETTING caught with 1 kilogram of cocaine, and $237,000 in bundles of cash, has put Drew Paterson of Heatherbrae behind bars for five years.

Paterson, 30, was sentenced in Newcastle District court on Wednesday, a year and half after he was arrested at a Bungalow he was renting at Heatherbrae.