Mum-of-two Demi McDaid, 23, was arrested in Sydney after cops allegedly found 107kg of ketamine in the vehicle she had rented with boyfriend Jack Farrelly, 30Ruth Suter Chief Live News Reporter and Joe Smith News Reporter09:37, 28 Jul 2026Updated 09:39, 28 Jul 2026A British mum-of-two has been charged after £5.7m of ketamine was allegedly found in the boot of a car she had rented with her boyfriend.Demi McDaid, 23, was arrested in Australia alongside her boyfriend Jack Farrelly, 30, after cops found 107kg of ketamine in their vehicle.The pair, both from Scotland, were arrested at a hotel in Sydney on June 26 after a raid by officers from New South Wales Police (NSWP), The Daily Record reports.During the bust police also found a number of mobile phones inside the rental car along with more than $2,000 in cash and documents alleged to be drug ledgers.Another police raid at a holiday rental on Hampden Road in the suburb of Artarmon uncovered a further 2kg of ketamine.McDaid and Farrelly have been charged with two counts of supplying a prohibited drug – one larger than an indictable quantity and one larger than a commercial quantity.The couple appeared at Manly Local Court last month, where they were both refused bail and ordered to reappear in the Downing Centre Local Court on August 25.NSW Police will allege McDaid and Jack Farrelly came to Australia with “the sole purpose of taking part in the distribution and supply of large commercial quantities of prohibited drugs”.NSW Police will allege McDaid and Jack Farrelly came to Australia with “the sole purpose of taking part in the distribution and supply of large commercial quantities of prohibited drugs”.Officers swooped after detectives were tipped off by locals to what was happening at a unit they had rented. The force said the pair’s plot was unravelled thanks to a mix of “good old-fashioned police work” from senior detectives combined with the smarts of tech-savvy younger team members.The drugs are understood to have an estimated street value of AUD$11 million - or roughly £5.7million. In images released by police, the couple's rental car can be seen packed with bags of the drug in Sydney.Other pictures show piles of ketamine packed on top of one another following the shocking haul. Elsewhere, before the couple moved to Australia, McDaid filmed herself posing with designer bags and bragging about Farrelly flying her out to an unknown destination.In the clip, the mum is pictured posing in an airport alongside a Chanel handbag and a Louis Vuitton holdall.The caption reads: "POV: He books you to a flight to where he is cause you miss each other that much and can't go a few days without seeing one another."Article continues belowActing Crime Manager for North Shore Police Area Command Detective Acting Inspector Alison Dixon said that drug syndicates are increasingly relying on the high turnover of temporary accommodation rentals to fly under the radar from law enforcement in Australia.
Brit mum charged over £5.7m drug haul in Australia could face 15 years in jail
Mum-of-two Demi McDaid, 23, was arrested in Sydney after cops allegedly found 107kg of ketamine in the vehicle she had rented with boyfriend Jack Farrelly, 30






