Mandurah bikie? pleads guilty to cash, drugs charges
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A man who police
allege to be a senior member of the
Mongrel Mob gang, has pleaded guilty to
possessing nearly $70,000 of unlawfully
obtained cash and a trafficable quantity
of methylamphetamine with intent to sell
or supply.
Grantito Eduard
Chacone, 36, appeared in the Mandurah
Magistrates Court on Friday, via video
link from Hakea Prison.
Police prosecutor
Nev Palmer told the court $69,100 worth
of cash was found in the man’s Halls
Head property on August 22, 2018, but
did not specify the amount of drugs.
In a police
statement released in August, the Gang
Crime Squad said about 380 grams of
methylamphetamine was found during a
raid.
Chacone’s lawyer
Trent Petherick told the court his
client had no psychiatric issues.
Magistrate Anne
Longden ordered a pre-sentence report
and remanded Chacone to appear in the
Perth District Court, on November 16,
2018, for sentencing.