{"id":2054,"date":"2026-04-30T08:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T08:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/2054\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T08:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T08:24:16","slug":"two-men-denied-bail-after-allegedly-flying-meth-in-drone-in-wollongong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/2054\/","title":{"rendered":"Two men denied bail after allegedly flying meth in drone in Wollongong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Two men allegedly used a drone to fly meth stored in a dog waste bag in Wollongong, but the delivery was foiled after the device crashed into a building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Police were called to a unit in Corrimal Street following reports Kayd Simpson, 24, and Joshua Dendulk, 43, were allegedly acting suspiciously in the area shortly before midnight on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">On arrival, police found the men allegedly hiding inside the unit.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"drone in a box\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1cd318100fcd08d6e26cd968744717de.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Police allege the drone was used to deliver drugs before crashing in a Wollongong unit complex. (Supplied: NSW Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Officers spoke with the men, who said they were looking for a drone, which was uncovered in the unit shortly after carrying a green dog waste bag containing 66 grams of meth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The damaged drone was seized, with police alleging Mr Simpson and Mr Dendulk used it to deliver drugs in the area before it crashed into the building.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Both men were arrested and charged with supplying more than an indictable quantity of drugs, entering enclosed land, and possessing drugs.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"bundles of $50 notes\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/d00ea46b288bb4638f2c87228290f53a.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">Police seized cash during a follow-up search of a Wollongong home allegedly linked to the investigation. (Supplied: NSW Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">The men faced virtual Bail Court on Wednesday and were refused bail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">A further raid on Wednesday at a Cliff Road unit that was modified with metal and several deadbolts on the front door, allegedly uncovered a baton, an electronic stun device, 42 grams of meth, and $4,350 in cash.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"hands in blue gloves holding a taser\" class=\"Image_image__5tFYM ContentImage_image__DQ_cq\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/672ae0e7e453c0e21f5bd849cf2a6594.jpeg\" loading=\"lazy\" data-component=\"Image\" data-lazy=\"true\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"Typography_base__sj2RP FigureCaption_text__zDxQ5 Typography_sizeMobile12__w_FPC Typography_lineHeightMobile20___U7Vr Typography_regular__WeIG6 Typography_colourInherit__dfnUx\" data-component=\"Typography\">An electronic stun device was seized during a police search of a Wollongong home allegedly linked to the investigation. (Supplied: NSW Police)<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph_paragraph___QITb\">Mr Simpson and Mr Dendulk, who have not entered pleas to their charges, will appear in court again in May.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two men allegedly used a drone to fly meth stored in a dog waste bag in Wollongong, but&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2055,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3207,22,21,1109,242,3205,3206,1047],"class_list":["post-2054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-alleged-drone-drug-delivery","tag-au","tag-austrlia","tag-court","tag-drone","tag-drug","tag-methamphetamine","tag-police"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054","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=2054"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2054\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2055"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}