'Just bought myself a huge bra so I'm all set': Marketing officer, 22, admits smuggling 1,600 MDMA pills into Sydney's Midnight Mafia festival in her underwear and inside her body
- Woman, 22, pleads guilty to smuggling $50,000 worth of MDMA into festival
- Grace Poo tried to smuggle the drugs into Sydney's Midnight Mafia Festival
- She pre-planned the attempt by purchasing a 'big bra' to put the drugs in
- Poo's drug dealer Julian Martusciello, also pleaded guilty to drug offences
- Both are due to appear in Parramatta District on March 8 for sentencing
A social media and marketing officer has pleaded guilty to smuggling $50,000 worth of MDMA pills into a festival in her 'big bra'.
Grace Poo faced Burwood Local Court, in the inner west of Sydney, on Wednesday, and pleaded guilty to commercial drug supply, in an incident that took place on May 5 last year.
She is alleged to have hidden almost 1,600 drug capsules in her cleavage and inside her body, in a bid to smuggle them into Sydney's Midnight Mafia Music Festival undetected.
Grace Poo, 22, (pictured) pleaded guilty to smuggling $50,000 worth of MDMA pills into a festival
Court documents revealed how the pair allegedly wrote to each other planning how to smuggle the drugs into the event
It's alleged the 22-year-old had pre-planned the attempt to sneak the vast quantity of the party drug into the venue by buying herself a 'huge bra' to conceal the pills.
However, Poo was stopped from entering the festival, held at Sydney Olympic Park, after New South Wales police sniffer dogs found the MDMA on her person, police facts say.
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It's thought the drugs Poo was caught with what could've been worth up to $50,000, had they been sold for $30 a pop.
Julian Martusciello also pleaded guilty to drug supply after cops alleged he'd given at least 400 of the pills to Poo.
Grace Poo had attempted to smuggle the drugs into Sydney's Midnight Mafia Music Festival (pictured)
Poo,(pictured) allegedly shoved the party drug caps down a 'big bra' she'd purchased previously
Court documents revealed how the pair allegedly wrote to each other planning how to smuggle the drugs into the event.
Martusciello wrote: 'Hey grace keep this Saturday free please. For MM … split some downstairs and some each boob.'
In response to his message Poo wrote: 'Okay I'll wear an actual bra this time'.
While Martusciello insisted: 'You have to for sure. Big bra,' to which Poo concurred: 'Just bought myself a huge bra so I'm all set.'
As payment for trying to take the drugs inside the festival, Martusciello is believed to have offered Poo $400 cash, 40 'freebies' [of the drug] and a ticket.
When confronted by cops about the drugs Poo initially denied possession before she allegedly changed her story and admitted: 'Okay, I have a lot. In my top and some inside me'.
According to the police facts, Poo was carrying 181 grams of MDMA inside seven packages.
While the facts in Poo's case were yet to be agreed, both Poo and Martusciello are due to attend Parramatta District Court on March 8 for sentencing.
