Scott Edward Biber, 59, and Philip David Emanuel, 52, will spend at least three years in jail for transporting cocaine from Sydney's eastern suburbs to the north coast in 2020.
Two men arrested when more than a kilogram of cocaine was found in a fire extinguisher on the NSW north coast have each been sentenced to at least three years in jail.Police located more than 1kg of cocaine in Biber's vehicle, concealed in a fire extinguisherAlready in custody, former Byron Bay NSW Fire & Rescue firefighter Scott Edward Biber, 59, and Philip David Emanuele, 52, appeared via video link for the sentencing.
Police tracked Biber in early January 2020 as he travelled from Byron Bay to the home of Emanuele's father in Coogee.There, he was seen putting a red fire extinguisher into his car, a Nissan Navaro Biber used for his First Response Fire business. "It can't be established beyond reasonable doubt that they were high-level as their communication was not sophisticated," Judge English said in the Lismore District court today.District Court Judge Jennifer English sentenced the men in Lismore.
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