A bodybuilder dubbed 'The Hulk' has been jailed for 17 years after he took cops to his meth lab inside a drug rehab clinic.
Luke McNally, 38, who was once 'Mr Australia' and owned supplements chain Mass Nutrition, was sentenced in the County Court on Monday after he was found guilty of dozens of drug-related charges.
He was found guilty of trafficking by manufacturing commercial quantaties of cocaine, MDMA, methylamphetamine and P2P.
McNally's co-accused, Wayne Doble, 65, was handed a five-year jail term after being convicted of manufacturing and trafficking in a commerical quantity of MDMA, and possession of scientific glassware, equipment and substances for the purposes of trafficking.
The court heard how McNally, 38, ran the drug operation from three locations, including the former Daily Planet Brothel in Elsternwick. At the time of his offending, the location was a drug and alcohol rehab facility called The Wellbeing Planet.
Luke McNally has been sentenced to 17 years in prison for drug offences
McNally was a former bodybuilder and Mr Australia but his life has spiralled
McNally took undercover cops to a former brothel turned rehab clinic to sell them drugs
The second location was next door to the former brothel and the third was a garage in Wallan.
McNally met two undercover police officers at St Kilda police station in July 2019 and, believing them to be meth users, told them to meet him at the rehab clinic where he sold them $400 of ice in the commnal area.
He was arrested in December 2019 and has been behind bars ever since.
McNally pleaded guilty to selling the undercover officers drugs, and to possessing a 12-gauge sawn off shotgun. He also told the covert cops that he had 'destroyed evidence' in Victoria's north before a police raid.
Born in Brisbane, he grew up in northern NSW and was given a bravery award for his efforts as a firefighter during the NSW floods in 2009.
He launched Mass Nutrition in 2006 and grew the business into the No 1 nutrition brand in Australia, building it up to a $40million empire.
However, the company was later nvestigated by police over claims it was being used to distribute drugs.
Judge Rosemary Carlin deemed that McNally had abused drugs and anabolic steroids. In 2014, he began taking methylamphetamine to overcome stress associated with his firefighting days. His drug use led to him committing his first crime in Queensland.
He will serve 10 years and seven months before being eligible for parole.