{"id":17041,"date":"2026-05-23T09:13:24","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/17041\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T09:13:24","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T09:13:24","slug":"putu-gino-pacino-arrested-on-drug-trafficking-firearms-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/17041\/","title":{"rendered":"Putu Gino Pacino arrested on drug trafficking, firearms charges"},"content":{"rendered":"

An Adelaide barber is behind bars on remand after being arrested over alleged drug dealing \u2013 with police also seizing loaded guns during a raid.<\/p>\n

Putu Gino Pacino<\/a>, who shows off his flashy cars and lifestyle on social media, was arrested on Wednesday after police visited a Murray St business in Gawler.<\/p>\n

Detectives from the Youth and Street Gangs Task Force visited the business in relation to alleged firearms offences and conducted a search.<\/p>\n

Detectives allegedly uncovered a loaded .22 handgun, a loaded 9mm pistol, ammunition and about 250g of suspected cocaine.<\/p>\n

According to SA Police, detectives also found $73,900 in cash, drug paraphernalia and other weapons.<\/p>\n

According to court documents released to The Advertiser, Mr Pacino – who owns Dimentico Barbers on Murray St – is charged with commercial drug trafficking, money laundering, and firearms offences.<\/p>\n

The 23-year-old, who used to live in Gawler South but now resides in Port Noarlunga, was allegedly in possession of a firearm that did not have the required identifying marks and an amount of ammunition.<\/p>\n

He is yet to enter any pleas.<\/p>\n

The father of one also runs streetwear brand Dimentico Streetwear from his Gawler barber and shows off luxury cars inside his garage on his TikTok<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, Magistrate Edward Stratton-Smith ordered a report to assess Mr Pacino\u2019s suitability for bail during his appearance from the Elizabeth Magistrates Court cells.<\/p>\n

Mr Pacino was remanded in custody to continue his application for bail later this month.<\/p>\n

Mr Pacino is a successful businessman and gambling enthusiast who welcomed his first son in December.<\/p>\n

This year, he partnered with Vegastars \u2013 Australia\u2019s \u201cpremier online casino\u201d \u2013 through a separate Instagram account.<\/p>\n

In a video posted to his Instagram, Pacino encouraged his followers to create a new Vegastars account by using his unique sign-up link to go in the running to win an iPhone 17.<\/p>\n

Pacino has also showed off hundred thousand dollar additions to his private garage on TikTok last year.<\/p>\n

The videos included a luxury Mercedes, top of the line Ford and Harley Davidson muscle bike.<\/p>\n

The Advertiser\u2019s independent research concluded at the lowest estimate the vehicles could have cost Pacino $296,196 AUD.<\/p>\n

According to the Ford Australia official website, the Ranger Raptor 2025 model had an estimated drive away cost of $97,971.<\/p>\n

According to the Mercedes Benz Australia official website, a new 2025 AMG C63 SE Performance sedan costs $178,225.91.<\/p>\n

In March, the Adelaide Magistrates Court heard he was the victim of an alleged machete attack in Gawler near his barber shop.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An Adelaide barber is behind bars on remand after being arrested over alleged drug dealing \u2013 with police…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":17042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[395,16975,16984,16971,16973,23,133,16980,16977,16986,825,3536,16974,16978,16990,6769,16985,16989,16987,16979,12928,5684,7635,120,16992,16991,16982,16976,16981,16988,16983,121,5703,16972],"class_list":["post-17041","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-adelaide","tag-adelaide","tag-alleged-drug","tag-alleged-drug-dealing","tag-alleged-drug-trafficking","tag-alleged-firearms-offences","tag-australia","tag-australia-and-new-zealand","tag-barber-shop","tag-cocaine-dealer","tag-commercial-drug-trafficking","tag-court-documents","tag-court-reporter","tag-dollar-additions","tag-drug-trafficking","tag-firearms-offences","tag-gawler","tag-gawler-south","tag-gun-charges","tag-harley-davidson-inc","tag-jail-timeadelaide","tag-leah-smith","tag-messenger-subscription-box","tag-money-laundering","tag-oceania","tag-official-website","tag-port-noarlunga","tag-putu-gino-pacino","tag-required-identifications-marks","tag-sexiest-crim","tag-sexiest-criminal","tag-shop-owner","tag-south-australia","tag-subscription-box-version","tag-suspected-cocaine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}