Four let off, three ex-Titans go to trial

Southport Magistrate Christopher Callaghan will deliver his judgment on Bird and Harrison on Thursday morning after their lawyer argued the pair’s defence mirrored that of Falloon.

Former State of Origin star Dave Taylor is set to take up his contract with French club Catalans despite being ordered to stand trial over cocaine charges on the Gold Coast.

FALLOON and Gold Coast Titans teammates Kalifa Faifai Loa, Greg Bird and Ashley Harrison are appearing in court on Wednesday after the Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission dismantled an alleged cocaine syndicate in the state’s southeast.

The prosecution alleged drug deals were organised using coded language in calls and text messages intercepted by police.

In an early-September conversation with Touma, Falloon used the phrases “it’s all starts” and “I’ll come find ya”. The court also heard Falloon withdrew a total of $950 in four transactions across the Gold Coast on a day he was in contact with Touma.

Touma replied: “I’ll be floating around son”. Falloon’s lawyer, Saul Holt QC, dismissed the evidence as “perfectly normal” conversations.

“What is being counselled or procured, and by what words?”

‘It simply isn’t there without rank speculation’.

Mr Copley argued there were inferences to be made and both parties understood the subject, even though it was never articulated.

Magistrate Christopher Callaghan questioned Mr Copley’s assertion that Falloon had pretended to be another person to discuss plans to “catch up for a beer” – also allegedly code for a drug deal.

Magistrate Chris Callaghan dismissed their possession and supply charges because of insufficient evidence to go to trial.

Karmichael Hunt, a former Australian rugby league worldwide now with the Queensland Reds in Super Rugby, pled guilty in March to four charges of possessing cocaine.