Musclebound, flashily dressed pensioner, 31, is secretly an ice and cocaine kingpin, police allege after they ‘find almost $300,000 in shopping bags at his mother’s home’
- Versace-loving, Range Rover driver on carer’s pension accused of drug dealing
- Ivan Tumara, 31, allegedly stashed $211,000 in cash from drug deals in a ute
- He is also accused of hiding more than 1kg of ice in his mother’s new house
- Criminal charges and a proceeds of crime case are being levelled at Tumara
A Versace-loving Range Rover driver on a carer’s pension is secretly an ice and cocaine drug kingpin, police allege.
Ivan Tumara, 31, was charged by police after they allegedly found huge amounts of cash and drugs in raids on his mother’s newly built project home south of Brisbane.
Police say heavily tattooed Tumara, who makes $20,000 a year on his pension, has links to Asian crime gangs in Sydney who would allegedly supply him with drugs.
Ivan Tumara (pictured), 31, was charged by police after they allegedly found huge amounts of cash and drugs in raids on his mother’s newly built project home
Police allege the heavily tattooed Tumara, who makes $20,000 a year on his pension, has links to Asian crime gangs in Sydney who would supply him with drugs
Senior Constable Callum Saunders told Brisbane Supreme Court that the tactical crime squad conducted an operation targeting Tumara after they received intelligence he would buy bulk quantities of ice.
They allege he would stockpile up to 5kgs of the drug and then on-sell each kilogram for up to $120,000 which he would hide in recyclable supermarket shopping bags, according to The Courier Mail.
Police carried out covert surveillance and phone taps on Tumara and said they uncovered evidence he would supply about 15 drug addicts in a drug business operating seven days a week.
Raids were conducted by officers who allegedly found $211,600 concealed in the shopping bags in a ute registered to his father as well as 300g of ice, 125g of cocaine and a replica pistol.
They also claim covert police witnessed Tumara collecting or dropping off shopping bags to the ute during 168 alleged drug deals between December 18 2017 and February 5 2019.
Raids of his mother’s home in Underwood, in Brisbane’s south, allegedly uncovered 1.4kg of ice, 294g of cocaine, $63,260 in cash, and a Rolex watch.
There is no suggestion Tumara’s parents were involved in or aware of any wrongdoing.
Queensland’s Crime and Corruption Commission is trying to seize the cash found in the house and the ute in February 2019 in a proceeds of crime case against Tumara.
The CCC has also asked that he be ordered to reveal any assets or stakes in any property worth over $500 to authorities.
The proceeds of crime case is scheduled back in the Brisbane Supreme Court on June 16.
Criminal charges against Tumara are also proceeding with a mention in Brisbane Magistrate’s Court on October 9 for drug trafficking and supply charges.
Queensland’s Crime and Corruption Commission is trying to seize the cash found in the house and the ute in February 2019 in a proceeds of crime case against Tumara (pictured left with friend)