Trial date set as Riverina drug bust accused fights charges

Queensland man James Le-McKay faced Wagga District Court for the first time on Friday, when he pleaded not guilty to one count of supplying a commercial quantity of a prohibited drug, 377.7 grams of cocaine, and not guilty to a back up charge of possessing a prohibited drug.

The 20-year-old also pleaded not guilty to supplying an indictable quantity of a prohibited drug, namely 368.8 grams of methamphetamine.

Shortly after 11pm on March 25, Le-McKay and a co-accused Kole Collings-Graham - both from Brisbane - were arrested after police pulled over a car on Mount Street, just off the Hume Highway, at South Gundagai.

The pair were both charged with commercial supply of cocaine and possessing a prohibited drug after officers allegedly found 377.7 grams of cocaine in their possession.

Collings-Graham, 20, was also charged with driving while disqualified.

Appearing in court earlier this year, both were ordered both to post $2000 for bail and surrender their passports.

In court this week, police laid an alternate charge alleging Le-McKay also supplied 368.8 grams of methamphetamine between 11.05pm on March 25 and 12.30am on March 26 at South Gundagai.

Last month, Le-McKay entered a not guilty plea to supplying a commercial quantity of cocaine.

In court on Friday, Judge Gordon Lerve committed the matter to trial on August 26, 2024.

Collings-Graham is yet to enter a plea and his matter is set to return to Wagga Local Court on December 13.