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Woman jailed over drug chemicals found under false bottom of wheelie bin

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

A LAKE Macquarie woman has been jailed for a maximum five and a half years after she was charged when police found dozens of bottles of drug manufacturing chemicals below the false bottom of a wheelie bin during a raid.

Judge Peter Whitford on Thursday told Newcastle District Court he was satisfied that Amanda Long was not running the supply operation connected to the chemicals, but that she was acting out of a combination of fear and a need to feed her significant drug addiction.

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