‘Bachelor’ star allegedly sold high volume of drugs to undercover police officer
A reality TV star has spent almost two months behind bars after she was charged with being involved in an international drug supply and money-laundering syndicate.Marjorie Griffiths went from appearing on television in the most recent season of “The Bachelor” to appearing in court after she was arrested for drug supply and money laundering.The 26-year-old was woken by heavily armed specialist police officers and arrested during a dawn raid on her home in Umina Beach, Australia, on October 26.She has been charged with supplying 2.2 pounds of cocaine to an undercover police operative on March 7 before supplying 2.2 pounds of MDMA to an unknown person in June.The cleaning company employee is also accused of knowingly dealing with hundreds of thousands of dollars which were the proceeds of a crime.Police allege she was a major player in a criminal network that supplied large quantities of drugs before laundering the earnings of the illicit drug sales through an international syndicate.On Wednesday, her lawyer James Lang argued there was no evidence his client knew what she was transporting when she allegedly followed directions to collect bags and boxes.He claimed there was “no evidence” Griffiths knew who she was meeting with or why on the seven occasions she allegedly supplied drugs or laundered cash.“(The crown has) surveillance evidence that is consistent with a circumstantial case … that Ms Griffiths has taken packages, either in the form of a box or a bag, that variously contained either a prohibited drug … or cash,” Lang said.At its highest, he said the police case painted Griffiths as merely “a courier” who was “serving a function of someone who’s of a much higher criminality.”Crown prosecutor Jade Pearson said the