A three-time accused south-west drug dealer caught on video with two handguns, drugs and cash has again been refused bail.
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Daniel Madden, 21, of Warrnambool, Koroit and Portland, reapplied for bail in the Warrnambool Magistrates Court on Thursday charged with drug trafficking and firearm-related offences claiming new facts and circumstances assisted in his case for bail.
He was arrested on December 18 and previously refused bail on December 21.
Senior Constable Rebecca Wills, of the Warrnambool-based police divisional tasking unit, said a black Holden Calais was registered to Mr Madden and evaded police at 11.30am on December 1 heading west on Wanstead Street.
The car was later seen parked at an address in Koroit's High Street and left that address at a fast rate.
Mr Madden purchased the car from a Warrnambool man well known to police last October.
Police then executed a search warrant at the High Street property.
A mobile phone was found which had been used by numbers registered to Daniel Byrne, which is an alias used by Mr Madden.
His numbers used the phone between July and November.
An analysis of the phone uncovered messages relating to the sale of cannabis, a tick note with lists of people's names and money they owed, and photos and videos of Mr Madden pointing an imitation handgun out the window of a moving vehicle.
There were also videos of Mr Madden consuming drugs and text messages relating to drug transactions.
Then on December 18, Mr Madden was intercepted driving a silver BMW on Cobden's Cobden-Terang Road about 3pm.
The BMW was searched and Mr Madden was arrested, interviewed, charged and held in custody.
In a search police found a second mobile phone.
Detective Senior Constable Miles said an analysis of that phone uncovered more photographs of the man possessing another handgun, as well as messages relating to the sale of methamphetamine.
She said Mr Madden had 12 pages of criminal history.
Lawyer Ian Pugh explained his client was handed a phone by a friend, which he used but Mr Madden's instructions were he didn't know anything about messages relating to drugs.
He said there were issues with the police case in relation to who was using phones and about who was driving Mr Madden's car.
Mr Madden's mother said she was willing to have her son live with her and he last lived with her for a couple of months last year after being released from prison.
She said her son was previously involved in a car accident, he was thrown from a vehicle, the ute rolled and landed on his head, causing ongoing memory problems.
Sergeant Sandra Skilton said there were no compelling reasons for Mr Madden to be released from custody and every time he got out of jail he returned to his old drug-influenced lifestyle.
Magistrate Ann McGarvie that Mr Madden had been charged with trafficking methamphetamine for a third time after twice previously being convicted and jailed.
She said there were links between Mr Madden and a mobile phone which contained text messages relating to trafficking drugs and images of him with large amounts of cash and two handguns.
The magistrate said the police case against Mr Madden was strong and if found guilty he would definitely be sentenced to another prison term.
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