A FENTANYL dealer taken down as part of Tamworth's 'ice castle' bust told investigators he knew it was wrong.
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John Vincent Seivers pleaded guilty in Tamworth Local Court on Monday to supplying 11 times the indictable quantity of fentanyl, a prescription opioid used illegally as a substitute for heroin or methadone.
When police arrived at Seivers' home in Manilla, body worn camera footage revealed he told them, "I'm not supplying or selling them ... I seen [sic] the bust on the news a few weeks ago."
Between New Year's Day and June, the 69-year-old dealt six 25mg patches and 14, 50mg patches.
A 50mg patch is worth $200 on the black market, police evidence showed.
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The man was arrested as part of Strike Force Radius, a secret police sting that investigated the supply of prohibited drugs in the area.
Seivers will be sentenced in January next year. He remains on bail.