Husband of Instagram-star pole dancer is jailed after being caught ‘red-handed’ with 997g of cocaine in a brown paperbag in the back of his Range Rover
- Personal trainer Julian Lee, 41, was sentenced in NSW District Court this week
- Lee was busted with 997g of cocaine in his car in Sydney’s inner-west in 2020
- Husband of pole dancing sensation Dirdy Birdy eligible for parole in December
The husband of an Instagram pole dancing sensation has been jailed over drug charges.
Hoang Anh Le, known as Dirdy Birdy to her 100,000 plus followers, is famed on social media for her provocative poses.
And now the man she married, Julian Lee, is notorious in his own right after he was sentenced to two years and eight months behind bars for drug offences.
A personal trainer from Bondi, Lee, 41, was caught red-handed by NSW police with 997 grams of cocaine in his car that he collected in Sydney’s inner-west in 2020.
Lee faced the NSW District Court on Tuesday, where Judge Gregory Woods said he believed the fitness instructor was set to ‘significantly benefit financially’ for picking up the drugs in Leichhardt.
Instagram sensation Hoang Anh Le (pictured, left) with her husband Julian Lee, who was jailed over drug charges this week
Also known as Dirdy Birdy on social media, Ms Le has over 100,000 followers on Instagram
Lee was arrested after police from Strike Force Irwin discovered more than 200kg of cocaine stashed in the wardrobe of a Fairfield home in Sydney’s west.
Soon after a supplier transported the drugs from Fairfield, police watched on as Lee arrived in a suburban Leichhardt street.
Seconds after driving away from the scene in his Range Rover, he was pulled over and arrested.
Lee was later charged with commercial drug supply.
He was initially granted bail after handing over a $1 million surety, however that was revoked when he was again charged under the AFP’s AN0M drug sting last year, according to the Daily Telegraph.
Crown prosecutors argued Lee was an ‘intermediate level’ supplier of cocaine, while his lawyer Avani Djemal stated he was merely a low-level courier driver.
Julian Lee, 41, was caught red-handed by NSW police with 997 grams of cocaine in his car that he collected in Sydney’s inner-west in 2020
Judge Woods said it was obvious Lee was going to be rewarded financially, but with no previous criminal record and the fact he often helps out his mother run the Canton House in Winston Hills, a non-parole period of one year and eight months was imposed.
With time already served, Lee will be eligible for parole in December.
There is also no suggestion Ms Le was aware of her husband’s illegal activities.
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