Ice man guilty of $1m import
A BRITISH Viagra salesman who tried to import ice with a street value of more than $900,000 has pleaded guilty to drug importation.
John Joseph Alty, 52, was caught at Melbourne airport on October 14, 2005, with 754g of methamphetamine hidden in two cognac bottles.
Alty, a British national, had been carrying the two bottles of cognac in a duty-free bag.
The County Court heard Alty was offered $2000 to take the bottles to Australia by a man he knew as “Mark” whom he met at Hong Kong airport.
Defence counsel Theo Kassimatis told the court Alty was drunk when he accepted the offer and had believed steroids were in the bottles, not methamphetamine with a street value of $905,000.
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“He knew what he was doing was illegal, but not as serious as he now understands he’s done,” Mr Kassimatis said.
The court was told Alty runs a shop in Bangkok that sells replica watches and Viagra.
He pleaded guilty to one count of importing a traffickable quantity of a prohibited item.
Judge Susan Cohen will sentence Alty on Thursday.