Two Braybrook sisters have been sent to jail for ferrying heroin into Melbourne on an overnight coach from Sydney.
Thuy Trinh, 29, and Linh Trinh, 28, pleaded guilty in the County Court to several drugs charges including trafficking and possession of a drug of dependence in a large commercial quantity.
A sentencing hearing on February 26 heard that on at least three occasions, the sisters travelled to Sydney between September 24 and October 1, 2014, to buy heroin.
Heroin valued up to $285,000 was sourced by Linh and ferried back to Melbourne by Thuy on an overnight coach.
The court heard Linh bought 350-gram blocks of heroin valued at between $95,000 and $97,000 each.
The heroin was then packaged at Gordon Street in Footscray and supplied around Melbourne by five individual street dealers.
Judge Michael McInerney said Linh was the “major operator” in the ring.
“The precise large commercial quantity … is unable to be quantified,” he said.
“I personally would [describe] … her as ‘the hub in the wheel’ … her role is fundamental to the trafficking. [She] is the person who can be described as being at management level.”
Thuy Trinh was sentenced to five years’ jail and Linh Trinh to seven years and six months.
