Bunbury man busted for drug sale minutes before police break down door

A Bunbury drug dealer has been described as “unsophisticated” after being caught messaging thousands on social media trying to sell drugs. Kyle Seath Fogliani, 27, appeared in Bunbury Magistrates Court on Thursday and was sentenced on eight charges of offering to sell or supply a prohibited drug, two weapons charges and one charge of possessing drug paraphernalia. He pleaded guilty on Thursday on a charge of having no authority to drive. On October 11 police raided Fogliani’s address in Withers on suspicion there were drugs at the premises. In circumstances described as “very terrible luck” by magistrate Anthony Sullivan, Fogliani had sent a message to eight separate group chats on social media advertising the sale of more than 3g of methamphetamine only three minutes before police arrived. More than 3800 people were contacted through these group chats about the sale, which included names such as “Bunbury Crack Runners”, “Bunbury Goodies” and “South West Hangouts”. Police found two prohibited weapons — a stun gun and a retractable baton — as well as several grams of methamphetamine and a glass pipe. Fogliani claimed he bought the two weapons on online site Wish.com because he “thought they were cool” and did not know they were prohibited. Magistrate Sullivan described Fogliani’s efforts to sell drugs as “unsophisticated”, comparing the mass text message to a “spam call”. Fogliani was also caught driving without a licence months after the search warrant on his home was issued. His explanation was he was “driving up the road to his father-in-law’s to get a part for his car”. Fogliani was given an eight-month suspended prison term for the drug dealing offences, and fined $400 for driving without a licence. He copped a $300 fine for the weapons possession and a $100 fine for possession of drug paraphernalia. His licence was also disqualified for a further nine months.