Packed to the Rafters star sentenced to SIX YEARS JAIL over his role in the illegal importation of a staggering 112kg of meth from China
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A baby-faced actor who appeared on a popular Channel Seven series has been sentenced to prison over his role in the importation of methamphetamines into Australia from China. Jarin Towney, who played Cooper on Packed to the Rafters between 2012 - 2013, was sentenced to six years and nine months imprisonment on Tuesday at Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney.
![[Jarin Towney, 25, was sentenced on Tuesday at the Downing Centre Local Court in Sydney over his role in the crime. (Pictured: A police officer arresting Towney in 2023)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/00/93214823-14199587-image-a-91_1734395281376.jpg)
His sentence has been backdated to July 19, with a non-parole period of three years and four months. He was also charged with drug possession, which was linked to the international smuggling ring thwarted by the Australian Federal Police. Towney was charged over the importation and possession of a commercial quantity of methamphetamines on two separate occasions last year in the upmarket Sydney suburb of Surry Hills.
![[The Australian Federal Police initially charged Towney last year over a major drug ring involving the attempted importation of 112kg of the banned substance. Pictured: the 'drug lab' found in Surry Hills]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/12/17/00/93214827-14199587-image-a-92_1734395328712.jpg)
The Australian Federal Police initially charged Towney last year over a major drug ring involving the attempted importation of 112kg of the banned substance. Baby-faced actor Jarin Towney, who appeared on the popular Channel Seven series Packed to the Rafters, has been sentenced to a lengthy prison term over his role in the importation of a 112kg of methamphetamines into Australia.
The illicit haul was hidden inside commercial machinery and arrived at the Port of Melbourne on July 5, 2023. Authorities allege the shipment was collected by a Melbourne logistics company and transported to a factory in the southwest Sydney suburb of Yagoona on July 18.
