FORMER representative rugby league player Dean Simpson’s secret life as a drug dealer has been formally exposed, with the Taree businessman admitting to supplying “speed” dozens of times.
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Simpson pleaded guilty in Taree Local Court on Tuesday to six drug supply counts as prosecutors withdrew a charge of supplying prohibited drugs on an ongoing bases.
However, one of the supply charges involves 86g of methylamphetamine, including that he supplied at least a gram of the drug some 40 times.
Simpson was arrested in March following a significant police investigation, dubbed Operation Carpet.
Four of the supply charges refer to indictable quantities, with Simpson admitting to dealing a total of 107.57g of speed, believed to have a street value of between $10,000 and $15,000.
Simpson was refused bail to appear in Sydney District Court on October 28 to start sentencing proceedings.
