SAPOL Officer Adam Troy Zauch Pleads Guilty to Five Counts of Trafficking Cocaine
A South Australia Police officer due to stand trial for drug trafficking had a last-minute change of heart – and confessed to dealing cocaine while serving as a cop.
Standing silently in the dock of the South Australian District Court on July 11, former cop Adam Troy Zauch pleaded guilty to five counts of trafficking in a controlled drug.
In January last year, Zauch, 39 of Somerton Park, denied he had been trafficking cocaine and was scheduled to fight the charges at trial.
He was charged with having trafficked in a controlled drug on February 16, 17 and 18, and on March 3 and 4, of that year.
Each count against him was read out, and to each he answered “guilty”.
Zauch was remanded on continuing bail to return to court again later this month when a date will be set for sentencing submissions.
Outside court, Zauch declined to comment on the status of his role as a police officer, nor why he turned to drug offending.
SA Police did not comment on his case, but told The Advertiser Zauch had been dismissed from the force in May this year.
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SA Police officer Adam Troy Zauch pleads guilty to five counts of trafficking cocaine. The Advertiser.
