A CAMPERDOWN drug-user busted trafficking in a police raid will be sentenced on Tuesday.
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Benjamin Arundell, 28, of McAlpine Court, pleaded guilty in the Warrnambool Magistrates Court to 14 charges including trafficking drugs.
Magistrate Cynthia Toose ordered Arundell be assessed for a community corrections order.
Arundell's partner Ashlee Sharp, 21, of the same address, pleaded guilty to three charges and was not convicted and fined $2000.
Police said that on April 4 officers went to McAlpine Court with a search warrant.
They found 3.6 grams of ice, half a gram of speed, half a gram of heroin, 76g of cannabis, 11 capsules of cannabis oil, four capsules of Viagra, $350 in cash as well as two sets of scales, prescription medication, deal bags, two mobile phones and a cannabis plant.
Arundell admitted possession of the drugs and said he sold a small amount to cover the cost of his own use.
He was also the owner of a Holden Commodore which evaded police on March 7 and refused to nominate who was driving.
Arundell also declined to unlock his mobile phones, saying: "It's my phone, it's my business.”
He was also picked up for driving while disqualified under the influence of ice on February 2 in an unroadworthy vehicle.
Sharp admitted growing the cannabis plant and possessing an imitation firearm which was previously owned by a family member who had passed away.
Arundell's solicitor Rob Morgan said his client accepted the sheer stupidity of his behaviour, he had pleaded guilty and admitted selling a modest amount of drugs to a friend.
"There's no evidence of wide scale trafficking," he said.
Mr Morgan said Arundell had an issue with ice, was trafficking to support his habit and those transactions could be described as "street level".
"He was not living the high life," Mr Morgan said.
"He has not been in trouble since April, he has a poor criminal and driving history and knows he has to pull his head in.”
