By Neil Sears and Alex Ward

Published: 21:23 EDT, 30 March 2024 | Updated: 02:26 EDT, 31 March 2024

The burial of chemical attacker Abdul Ezedi was paid for with money crowdfunded under a false name.

Sex offender Ezedi, 35, who was granted asylum after converting to Christianity, was buried in an Islamic ceremony at an east London cemetery this month with a handful of people present. Now The Mail on Sunday can reveal the Muslim Burial Fund (MBF), which organised and conducted the burial, raised more than £6,000 to lay Ezedi to rest – under the name ‘Abdul Wahed’. Their cash appeal brushed over his conviction for a 2018 sex assault, plus the horrific events that led to his death.

Ezedi, who fled Afghanistan in 2016, was found in the Thames last month, ending a massive police hunt after he had attacked a mother and her children in Clapham, south London, with an alkali chemical substance in January.

Last week, after media pressure and public scepticism that Ezedi’s conversion to Christianity was genuine, documents were finally released revealing why, despite twice being refused asylum by the Home Office, he was granted leave to remain in the UK.

A letter from the Rev Roy Merrin, a retired team leader at Grange Road Baptist church in Jarrow, Tyneside, said Ezedi was baptised and attended worship regularly.

Chemical attacker Abdul Ezedi’s funeral. The Mail on Sunday can reveal the Muslim Burial Fund (MBF), which organised and conducted the burial, raised more than £6,000 to lay Ezedi to rest – under the name ‘Abdul Wahed’

Ezedi, who fled Afghanistan in 2016, was found in the Thames last month, ending a massive police hunt after he had attacked a mother and her children in Clapham, south London, with an alkali chemical substance in January

Ezedi was granted asylum after he converted to Christianity, But documents revealed Ezedi’s inability to answer basic questions on Christianity – he claimed the Old Testament was about ‘Jesus Christ’ and ‘Jacob’ was one of the 12 disciples

Tribunal judge W K O’Hanlon, who granted Ezedi asylum, called the Rev Merrin’s evidence ‘compelling’. But the documents also revealed Ezedi’s inability to answer basic questions on Christianity – he claimed the Old Testament was about ‘Jesus Christ’ and ‘Jacob’ was one of the 12 disciples.

The fundraiser by the MBF made £6,596, exceeding its £3,800 target, before it pulled the advert and appeal video. The appeal for ‘Abdul Wahed’ read: ‘Please give our brother a dignified Islamic burial. He died tragically in suspicious circumstances with no one to claim his body.’

An MBF representative said: ‘Regardless of any person’s faith, be it Muslim or Christian, if the next of kin decide their loved one wants such and such a burial that’s what will happen. It is not the media who will decide nor the court of public opinion.

‘Regardless of the person’s background, whatever they have been accused of doing, whatever their faith, as a charity we will only bury Muslims.’

Ezedi was allowed to stay as he would be ‘at risk’ if returned to Afghanistan.

Home Office sources have warned churches’ reputation could be damaged if they undermine the asylum system. The Baptist Union of Great Britain said it did not sponsor Ezedi’s asylum application. It said the letter of support was written by a retired minister, the Rev Merrin.

Colin Jost and Michael Che took shots at Donald Trump and Ronna McDaniel on Saturday Night Live‘s “Weekend Update.”

The weekly segment started off with Jost taking several jabs at Trump for selling a Bible in partnership with country star Lee Greenwood with a price tag of $60. Jost said the special edition of the Bible “that also includes, the Constitution, the lyrics to Greenwood’s “God Bless the USA” and I assume God’s letter of resignation.”

“This Bible is mostly the same, but Trump’s version ends with Jesus’ disciples storming Jerusalem to overturn the results of the crucifixion,” Jost joked.

Jost then cut to a clip of Trump alleging he has “many” Bibles at home, with the comedian adding, “I actually believe he has many Bibles. I’m sure he has been sent thousands of Bibles with a note saying, ‘Please read this.’”

Although they didn’t cover it extensively, Che snuck in a joke surrounding Ronna McDaniel’s hiring at NBC News that caused the news anchor to criticize the network.

“NBC News cut ties with Ronna McDaniel after many network hosts protested her hiring,” Che set up the joke before adding, “And I’m actually very disappointed only because I thought Ronna McDaniel was the drag version of Ronald McDonald.”

Biden was not exempt from Jost and Che’s jabs and the current president took some hits from the duo. Che reminded viewers that there was a democratic fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall “featuring big name celebrities like Barack Obama, Stephen Colbert and Lizzo. As well as lesser known celebrities as President Joe Biden.”

In another jab, Che joked about Biden visiting the bridge that collapsed in Baltimore, adding, “Like that bridge, Biden is no longer connecting with Black communities.”

Watch the full “Weekend Update” segment above and more from the segment here:

The wife of Venezuelan migrant Leonel Moreno is said to be distraught after being barred from visiting her husband in federal prison. 

The 27-year-old was picked up in Columbus, Ohio and is now in federal custody having been hunted by ICE since he crossed the border illegally at Eagle Pass, Texas in April 2022.

Veronica Torres is now complaining she doesn’t even know where her husband has been taken, after she was seen in tears outside an airport hotel in Gahanna, a suburb of Columbus. 

‘We don’t know where they took him and I can’t see him,’ she told The New York Post. ‘I can’t give you any more information because I don’t know much,’ Torres said.

ICE records show Moreno is being held at Geauga County Jail in Ohio – about 165 miles northeast of Columbus.

Veronica Torres, right, the wife of TikTok Venezuelan migrant Leonel Moreno, left, claims she has no idea where her husband is after he was arrested and thrown in jail earlier this week

Moreno is being held in federal prison in Columbus, Ohio with his arrest coming after failing to attend a court in Miami after crossing the border in 2022 

Veronica Torres, right, is now complaining she doesn’t even know where her husband has been taken, after she was seen in tears outside an airport hotel in Gahanna, a suburb of Columbus

ICE records show Moreno is being held at Geauga County Jail in Ohio – about 165 miles northeast of Columbus

Moreno was released as part of the Alternatives to Detention Program, which lets migrants on parole go free while officials track them until their next court date. 

Moreno was due in court in Miami in November 2022, but he never showed up. 

‘Moreno was told to report to Enforcement and Removal Operations office within 60 days of arriving at his destination but he did not report as required. On March 29, 2024, Moreno was arrested in Gahanna, Ohio by officers with ERO Detroit’s Columbus office and is currently detained pending further immigration proceedings,’ an ICE spokesperson explained. 

“ICE agents will come get him if he needs to be moved and take him wherever he needs to be taken,’ Geauga County Sheriff Scott Hildenbrand told The Post.

Moreno appeared to have been long goading law enforcement as the fugitive shared tips on how to break into vacant homes and invoke squatters rights before living off the US government on his TikTok account. 

Leonel Moreno and his wife Veronica Torres are seen in many of his Instagram videos

Leonel Moreno had amassed half a million followers on TikTok with inflammatory videos where he takes the persona of a stereotypical freeloading immigrant. His account is now suspended

Aside from his ill-advised advice on squatting in people’s homes, the family appeared close

He had managed to accrue more than half a million followers before the account was finally suspended. 

Moreno posted so many videos it gave ICE plenty of clues as to his whereabouts.

In several of his videos he would often show off wads of cash that he claimed were as a result of government handouts and him begging for cash.

‘I didn’t cross the Rio Grande to work like a slave,’ Moreno said in one Instagram clip. ‘I came to the US to mark my territory.’

‘You’re hurt because I make more than you without much work while you work like slaves, understand?’

On Tuesday, he posted a series of bizarre videos of him sobbing from a new account claiming to be the victim of persecution.

‘I am in danger of death in the US! I need protection! I am being persecuted! My account has been blocked!’ he said as liquid dropped from his nose.

Leonel Moreno and wife Veronica Torres are seen in some of his Facebook photos

Veronica Torres said she is now unable to see her husband who has been moved 135 miles away to Columbus, Ohio

It had appeared Moreno had no plans to stop his particular brand of content, as he shared a clip on Wednesday counting hundred dollar bills

Some of his other videos show him claiming he is begging for money on the streets with his baby daughter

Leonel Moreno, 27, belts out Spanish lyrics and waves a wad of $100 bills at the camera 

The family of three are featured in dozens of videos posted to Instagram

‘My people, I need you to pay attention to what’s happening because my family is on danger. They erased my TikTok accounts. I have received threats from powerful people. Help!’

In another video he added: ‘My people, they have gotten what they wanted! The envy has reached my family! Everything that’s happening is because of your evilness!

‘They want to silence me!’

In a clip shared on Wednesday he could be seen counting hundred dollar bills boasting how he doesn’t need to work to make money. 

In one of his now-viral videos, Moreno instructed his followers how to ‘invade’ American homes and invoke squatter’s rights, claiming that under US law, ‘if a house is not inhabited, we can seize it.’

TikTok told DailyMail.com it has now suspended Moreno’s original account as it does not allow users to promote criminal content. 

Moreno also made headlines in February, after he demanded Venezuelans unite to help a 15-year-old migrant accused of shooting a tourist and trying to kill a NYPD officer in Times Square.

The fugitive travelled to the US with his wife and young daughter, who frequently features in his clips.

The family have reportedly been given $350 a week from the federal government. 

The videos have been widely shared as Venezuelan migrants fleeing their country’s collapse become one of the largest nationalities arriving at the US-Mexico border.

But many Venezuelans have taken to social media to denounce Moreno, accusing him of exploiting their situation to become an influencer while sparking hatred against migrants who plan on working for a better life in the US.

Leonel Moreno and his wife Veronica Torres are seen smooching one another in a Facebook pic

Moreno appeared to get creative with his wife’s pregnant belly in this shared photo last year

Venezuelans represent the largest displacement crisis in the world, with more than 7.7million people outside their nation – even larger than Ukrainians and Syrians.

It’s a rare case of massive migration from a country that is not at war but has seen one of the most extreme fortune reversals in recent history after the socialist takeover 20 years ago.

Venezuela has suffered political, economic and humanitarian crises over the past decade making food and other necessities unaffordable for those who remain. 

The vast majority who fled settled in neighboring countries in Latin America, but many began coming to the United States in the last three years.

Tonight on SNL, Ramy Youssef appeared in a sketch parodying NPR‘s Tiny Desk Concerts series.

After singing a line from a song, alongside band mates played by Chloe Troast and James Austin Johnson, he tells a crowd assembled for the performance, “Thank you so much NPR. We are the Jonah Hughes Band. Now, that last one usually contains a lot more synth, but since this is a Tiny Desk concert, we’ve got to be quirking it up.”

“Yep,” says Troast. “That’s why I play a milk carton shaker.”

Youssef explains that Troast is usually on the cello, adding, “We’ve never actually played in an office before, like a real one, but being here is a dream come true.”

Before segueing into the band’s next song, “Crazy Girl, Amanda,” Youssef is interrupted by Bowen Yang, playing an NPR staffer.

“Hey, guys. Can we be quiet please?” Yang asks. “Some of us are working.”

“Uh, sorry. What?” Youssef replies.

“Yeah, we’re on a call and right now, there’s a little too much ruckus,” Yang says.

“Oh, well we’re doing a Tiny Desk concert here. It’s kind of a big deal for us,” Youssef retorts.

“Yeah, well it’s NPR,” Yang sasses. “Every day is kind of a big deal for us.”

Youssef wonders whether this guy is “important here,” with a character played by Sarah Sherman explaining, “No, that’s Elliot. He’s a new intern, but he’s 35. He said he goes to SUNY Newark.”

Adds the NPR employee of Michael Longfellow, “Someone told me he’s working on a podcast about ‘AI and rural queers.’”

“Yeah, it’s beyond interesting actually, and I’m excited to announce we’ve landed on a title for my podcast,” says Yang. “It’s called, ‘Beep boop, I’m gay now.’ It’s a play on ‘Wait wait, don’t tell me,’ but it’s not funny at all.”

Youssef hosted tonight’s episode, with Travis Scott as musical guest. For video of the sketch, check back later.

Penny Wong has sparked uproar with a seemingly innocuous social media post on Easter Sunday.

The Foreign Minister shared a picture of the blue, purple and white-striped transgender flag on Sunday for International Transgender Day of Visibility, marked on March 31.

‘The Albanese Labor Government stands with trans and gender diverse people across Australia,’ the caption read.

‘On this #TDOV, we celebrate your strength and your courage – and we recommit to advocating for gender diverse rights in the pursuit of equality.’

However, the comments made on the post were flooded with people questioning the timing.

That is despite Senator Wong wishing her 115,000 Instagram followers a ‘Happy Easter’ several hours earlier.

‘On Resurrection Sunday?’, wrote one person.

‘On all days, this is obscenely disrespectful and sacrilegious.’

Penny Wong (pictured) has sparked uproar with a seemingly innocuous social media post

The Foreign Affairs Minister shared a picture of the blue, purple and white striped transgender flag on Sunday for International Transgender Day of Visibility (pictured)

Before posting about Transgender Day of Visibility – Penny Wong shared a happy Easter post

Another accused Senator Wong of ‘blasphemy’.   

‘Shame on you penny,’ they wrote.

‘You want tolerance & respect but you cant do it to Christians on one of the most Holiest days on our calendar? I rebuke you in the name of Jesus.’ 

In Christian scripture, Easter Sunday was the day of Jesus’s resurrection after he had been sacrificed on the cross.

The Transgender Day of Visibility is not designed intentionally to fall on Easter Sunday. It has been celebrated on the same date, March 31, for years. The date of Easter changes each year.

Easter falls on the first Sunday after the full moon following the spring equinox, between March 22 and April 25. Last year, it fell on April 9 and in 2022 it was on April 17.

But the comments underneath the post were flooded with people questioning the timing of the post

Not all of the comments were negative, however.

‘Love all the so called Christians getting worked up,’ wrote one commenter. 

‘At a time when they are supposed to show love for all. Don’t they understand that you can still celebrate Easter at the Same time?’

Senator Wong’s earlier ‘Happy Easter’ post was deluged with criticism – but for a different reason.

This time, commenters were slamming the Labor government’s position on the Israel-Palestine conflict.

Not all of the comments were negative, however

Similar comments were also made on the Transgender Day of Visibility post.    

‘This trans person doesn’t really care for your empty words when your actions have shown that you care very little for humanity,’ wrote one.  

Another said: ‘I’m trans and I think you are a gutless, genocidal enabler.’

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Easter message issued earlier on Sunday was explicitly Christian in its theme.

‘Happy Easter Australia,’ the Prime Minister said in a recorded video. 

‘Easter is a time of hope and renewal. For Christians here and across the world it’s a moment to reflect on the Resurrection.

‘Celebrations and services across the country remind us of the importance of forgiveness, grace and kindness to those in need, qualities that are so much a part of the compassion and virtue of this, the greatest country on earth.’

Senator Wong, 55, has long been a vocal support of LGBTQ+ causes.

She broke down in tears when Australians voted to legalise same-sex marriage in 2017. 

Earlier this month she got married to her long-time partner Sophie Allouache in a quiet ceremony in her home state of South Australia.

The couple share two young daughters Alexandra, 11, and Hannah, eight.

McCracken’s story is a testament to persistence. He continued to pitch “The Powerpuff Girls” for years, was rejected, and went back to work, but still got the attention of an executive. In McCracken’s case, it was Linda Simensky, the Senior Vice President of Animation at the Cartoon Network. She was already overseeing “Dexter’s” and saw a lot of promise in McCracken … even after his pitch had failed. Simensky kept on encouraging McCracken to keep the Powerpuff Girls alive and used her position to talk to Mike Lazzo, then the Executive in Charge of Programming.

Lazzo was one of the masterminds of “Space Ghost Coast to Coast,” Cartoon Network’s Dadaist talk show hosted by an old, disused Hanna-Barbera character. He would go on to oversee shows like “Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law,” “Sealab 2021,” and “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” over at Adult Swim. Lazzo had an ear for weird s*** and knew an idiosyncratic animator when he met one.

Simensky pushed McCracken in Lazzo’s direction and history was made. Lazzo responded well to “The Powerpuff Girls,” and the show was finally put into production. The new series debuted on November 18, 1998, and it was a smash hit. It ultimately ran for six seasons and 78 episodes, eventually spinning off into a theatrical feature film in 2002. The show also won three Emmys and spawned an anime spinoff, as well as multiple video games. In 2020, it was announced that a live-action “Powerpuff Girls” series was in the works, but that project has since been canceled.

McCracken went on to create “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends,” “Wander Over Yonder,” and the Netflix series “Kid Cosmic.” He has recently been shopping around a “Powerpuff Girls” reboot series in Europe.

Be good at your job, be persistent, and you will be noticed. It can happen.

Caitlyn Jenner has slammed President Biden for celebrating Easter on the same day as a popular transgender holiday.

The very public chiding came in a post published to X late Saturday, hours before American landmarks are set to be lit pink in celebration of the Transgender Day of Visibility.

This year, the event falls on the same day as the Christian holiday – leading the 73-year-old to lament about a supposed left-led conspiracy she says is making light of it.

The world’s most famous trans person – also a devout conservative – made her allegiance known in a strongly worded sound-off, taking aim at the president in particular.

She erroneously declared he made one day land on the other on purpose, despite it merely being a calendar-related coincidence.

Caitlyn Jenner took to X Saturday to slam President Biden for holding Easter celebrations on the same day as the Transgender Day of Visibility, a popular transgender holiday

The occassion – held on March 31 for the past 15 years – sees American landmarks like New York’s Kosciuszko Bridge (seen here last year) lit pink in celebration, as a show of solidarity with trans citizens

‘I am absolutely disgusted that Joe Biden has declared the most Holy of Holy days – a self proclaimed devout Catholic – as Transgender Day of Visibility,’ she wrote in a post that was viewed more than 4million times.

‘The only thing you should be declaring on this day is “HE is Risen,”‘ the transitioned track star continued, eventually spurring a stream of commentary that honed in on the validity of her assertion.

Several pointed out how the holiday – meant to show solidarity towards the world’s transgender population – has been held on the same day sine 2009, with Easter being the one to fall on a different day each year.

One such person said: ‘Well seeing as how this has been going on for 9 years and Easter changes every year, you’re a reactionary trying to get any support from grifting.’

The commenter proceeded to pan the Jenner by brining up how her Cadillac Escalade rear-ended a woman’s car in 2015, resulting in her vehicle traveling into the adjacent lane of traffic where it was hit by an oncoming vehicle.

That resulted in the driver’s death – something Jenner was not found legally liable for.

Still, the person sniped: ‘[S]peaking of people who are risen how is that person you hit with your car in 2015 doing?’

Another onlooker, apparently noticing the irony of such an accusation coming from Jenner, shared a photo of the aging athlete in 2017, celebrating the Transgender Day of visibility with multiple friends.

‘I am absolutely disgusted that Joe Biden has declared the most Holy of Holy days – a self proclaimed devout Catholic – as Transgender Day of Visibility,’ she wrote in a post viewed more than 4million times. ‘The only thing you should be declaring on this day is “HE is Risen”‘

The assertion spurred a stream of commentary that honed in on the validity of her assertion, with several pointing out how the holiday has been held on the same day sine 2009, with Easter being the one to fall on a different day

One onlooker, apparently noticing the irony of such an accusation coming from Jenner, shared a photo of the aging athlete in 2017, celebrating the Transgender Day of visibility with multiple friends

Trump seemingly took issue with both holidays falling on the same day this year – and issued a statement from his press secretary Saturday that called it ‘appalling and insulting’ that Biden allowed it be this way

Trump’s press secretary Karoline Leavitt issued a scathing rebuke of Biden’s Easter plans, branding them ‘appalling and insulting’ to Christians 

‘This you?’ the commenter sarcastically knocked, in a reply that’s since been liked 4,000 times.

The other reply earned an even more impressive 28,000 within five hours of posting, as well as more than 400,000 views.

Others questioned the root cause of Jenner’s antics – which come on the outset of a contentious election year set to be a rematch between Biden and former President Donald Trump.

Trump, too, seemingly took issue with both holidays falling on the same day this year – issuing a statement from his press secretary Saturday that called it ‘appalling and insulting’ that Biden ‘formally proclaimed Easter Sunday as Trans Day of Visibility.’  

He also blasted his successor for not accepting religious Easter egg designs as part of a new initiative that will see America’s Egg Farmers invite kids from National Guard families to submit artwork based on ‘Celebrating our Military Families’, despite that rule coming from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA).

Speaking through press secretary Karoline Leavitt, the current GOP frontrunner claimed ‘these are just two more examples of the Biden Administration’s years-long assault on the Christian faith.’

The claims involving Easter, they seemed to stem from an official White House proclamation posted this week, in which Biden appears to be taking credit for the holiday being held this Sunday

In actuality, it was no more than an announcement – one issued three years after Biden became the first American president to issue a formal presidential proclamation recognizing the event

Responding to claims he was trying to make light of Easter on Satuday, a White House rep told DailyMail.com “As a Christian who celebrates Easter with family, President Biden stands for bringing people together and upholding the dignity and freedoms of every American

‘Sadly, it’s unsurprising politicians are seeking to divide and weaken our country with cruel, hateful, and dishonest rhetoric. President Biden will never abuse his faith for political purposes or for profit’

Meanwhile, landmarks across the country in cities like New York will still be lit light pink, white and light blue in celbration, for the 15th time in as many years

Emily Metz, CEO of the American Egg Board, shot down claims regarding the so-called egg conspiracy, telling Fox News that  the restrictions are in place because America’s Egg Farmers is bound by ‘strict guidelines under the USDA’.

Because of this, the national commodity marketing organization cannot be ‘seen to be promoting one political viewpoint or ideology over the other,’ she said

Instead, the event set to be held on the White House font lawn will focus exclusively on ‘egg promotion and marketing activities’, organizers said – putting to rest some of the conspiracy claims being aired by conservatives like Marjorie Taylor Greene.

As for the claims involving Easter, they seemed to stem from an official White House proclamation posted this week, in which Biden appears to be taking credit for the holiday being held this Sunday.

In actuality, it was no more than an announcement – one issued three years after Biden became the first American president to issue a formal presidential proclamation recognizing the event.

Responding to claims he was trying to make light of Easter on Saturday, a White House rep told DailyMail.com “As a Christian who celebrates Easter with family, President Biden stands for bringing people together and upholding the dignity and freedoms of every American. 

‘Sadly, it’s unsurprising politicians are seeking to divide and weaken our country with cruel, hateful, and dishonest rhetoric. President Biden will never abuse his faith for political purposes or for profit.’

Meanwhile, landmarks across the country in cities like New York will still be lit light pink, white and light blue in celebration, for the 15th time in as many years.

That’s gonna do it from Moda Center. Duke made a nice little run that made things interesting for a hot minute, but UConn prevails. I’m equal parts impressed by and concerned with the Huskies’ depth moving forward. On the one hand, to get the job done so short-handed was incredible. On the other, March can be unforgiving when you’re not at full strength.

UConn wins 53-45.

Nimoy noted that he and producer Harve Bennett initially thought up a time-travel story for “Star Trek IV” and that “we should lighten up. The picture should be fun in comparison to the previous three.” Nimoy also wanted the film to be centered on ecology and visited several universities to talk to environmental scientists and futurists to get their immediate concerns about the future. Ultimately, Nimoy said, those conversations spun off into philosophy and theory, leading to some deep consideration about how human contact with extraterrestrials might potentially change notions of religion and sociology. Fun conversations, to be sure, but not quite what Nimoy needed to form a story for a “Star Trek” script. 

It wasn’t until he met with a particular author that notions of biodiversity — as a direct story element — began to enter Nimoy’s mind in earnest. The director said: 

“In [Edward O. Wilson’s] book Biophilia, he tells us we could be losing as many as ten thousand species off this planet per year—many of them having gone unrecorded. We won’t even have known what they were and they will be gone. He touches on the concept of a keystone species. If you set up a house of cards you may be able to pull away one card successfully and another card successfully. But at some point you are going to get a card that is a keystone card. When that one is pulled away, the whole thing will collapse.” 

Wilson’s book is easy enough to find online. 

The “keystone,” Nimoy pointed out, could be any species on Earth, and that it was wise to protect them. Throughout the 1980s, the slogan “Save the Whales” was largely touted on bumper stickers and by environmental activists. 

Lo, there was Nimoy’s “hook.”

By Antoinette Milienos For Daily Mail Australia

Published: 23:40 EDT, 30 March 2024 | Updated: 23:42 EDT, 30 March 2024

Police have charged a former Sydney real estate agent after allegedly finding drugs hidden in the boot of his car.

Arvind Pillay, 36, was working as a real estate agent in Sydney’s northwest when he was spotted in his white Mercedes at a known drug hangout in Redfern in January.

The former Raine & Horne Quakers Hill real estate agent appeared nervous when police informed him the area was known for drug supply, to which Pillay replied: ‘That’s disgusting’, court documents claim.

Police realised the 36-year-old was on parole for drug dealing and decided to search his car after discovering an ice pipe allegedly sticking out of the driver’s side door.

Almost 50 grams of methamphetamine and a small amount of heroin was allegedly found inside ziplock bags in the boot of his car.

Former Raine & Horne Quakers Hill real estate agent Arvind Pillay, 36, was charged with drug dealing after police allegedly found 50grams of methamphetamine and a small amount of heroin in the boot of his Mercedes

A business card inside the ziplock bags for the community corrections office, where he reports while on parole, was also allegedly found inside the ziplock bags.

Pillay was arrested and taken to Mascot Police Station, where he was charged with drug supply and suspected stolen goods.

Police went through one of the four phones Pillay allegedly had in his possession and found a slew of text messages sent to a friend about the search and arrest.

‘Bro, I’m being searched and arrest,’ Pillay wrote to a friend.

Another message read: ‘I’m going to jail … Come down please and say it was urs. I will pay for everything.’

Pillay has been in custody since his arrest and has not yet entered pleas to the charges against him. It’s understood he will apply for release in the coming weeks.