Pictured: Bodybuilder 'caught with ice stashed up his backside' - just HOURS after being jailed for dealing meth
- Bodybuilder Christos Panagakos pleaded guilty to supplying ice and ecstasy
- The 25-year-old drug dealer was sentenced to three and a half years in prison
- Queensland's Supreme Court heard Panagakos had not taken drugs for a year
- The aspiring personal trainer was searched after sentencing on his way to jail
- Authorities allegedly found a quantity of ice and Valium stashed in his anus
A north Queensland bodybuilder sentenced to jail for dealing ice has allegedly been caught with the same drug stashed up his backside just hours after leaving court.
Christos Panagakos, 25, was sentenced in the Supreme Court in Mackay last Thursday to three and a half years in jail after pleading guilty to three charges of trafficking ice and ecstasy.
The same court had earlier heard Panagakos, who has an appalling eight-page criminal record, was now 'clean' and had removed himself from the drug scene.
Bodybuilder Christos Panagakos pleaded guilty to three counts of trafficking ice and ecstasy
Drug dealer Christos Panagakos was allegedly caught with ice and Valium stashed in his anus
Christos Panagakos told the Queensland Supreme Court he had been turning his life around
But within hours of his sentencing and while on his way to Mackay watch house, Panagakos was searched and allegedly found to be carrying a stash of ice and Valium in his anal canal, the Daily Mercury reported.
Upon sentencing by Justice James Henry, the prisoner had sobbed into his partner's arms, hugged her goodbye and emptied his suit pockets before being led from court to the watch house ahead of a stint in Capricornia Correctional Centre.
During this journey, authorities allegedly located an unknown quantity of the drugs inside Panagakos's body.
He has been charged with attempting to smuggle ice and Valium into the Mackay watch house and will face court again on August 7. There is no suggestion his girlfriend had anything to do with the drugs.
Bodybuilder Christos Panagakos was allegedly found with drugs stashed up his backside
Christos Panagakos documents his bodybuilding exploits and tattoo collection on Facebook
Bodybuilder Christos Panagakos has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison
Panagakos, an aspiring personal trainer who regularly posts pictures of his sculpted body to social media, had been the target of an extensive police operation utilising phone taps between March and April 2015
Justice Henry described Panagakos as 'obviously well-entrenched' as a drug supplier and said he had an 'appalling criminal history'.
In sentencing submissions, defence barrister Ron Frigo said Panagakos had largely rehabilitated, was studying fitness and launched a meal preparation and delivery business, according to the Daily Mercury.
Crown prosecutor Nathan Crane said Panagakos became caught in a 'web of activity' with other drug dealers and buyers.
In one police phone tap he was heard trying to buy between 112 and 224 grams of ice from Beenleigh on the Gold Coast. Another involved a buyer who was prepared to pay up to $6700 for an unknown amount of the same drug.
Christos Panagakos has an eight-page criminal record which could get longer next month
Queensland's anti-bikie Taskforce Maxima has previously targeted Christos Panagakos
Bodybuilder Christos Panagakos has allegedly been found with drugs in his anal passage
A further charge involved the sale of 500 ecstasy pills.
Panagakos could be heard in one telephone intercept describing the product he was selling as 'f***ing primo'.
He will be eligible for parole in 10 months.
Panagakos has previously been targeted by Queensland's anti-bikie Taskforce Maxima, which conducted helicopter surveillance of his home and followed his car.
In April last year he walked free from court due to time already served on remand after pleading guilty to minor drug charges.
Four months earlier a Supreme Court judge had ruled police unlawfully searched Panagakos's car, leading to more serious charges being dropped.
Drug dealing bodybuilder Christos Panagakos will be eligible for parole in 10 months
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