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A Gowrie woman who was charged after police allegedly found the drug ice stashed in her hairbrush swore and hurled a cup of water at a magistrate after she was refused bail in court. Tracey Organ, 38, lashed out at Magistrate Peter Morrison when she faced the ACT Magistrates Court, charged with drug offences and possessing stolen property, on Wednesday. "F--- you. You hear me?" she shouted at Mr Morrison. She stood up and pitched the plastic cup towards the magistrate before Corrections officers restrained her. "You don't know shit, dog," Ms Organ yelled before she was led back down to the cells. Three supporters in the public gallery who clashed with police and shouted at the magistrate were also removed from the court. Mr Morrison wiped water from his face and said he would give reasons for his decision to refuse bail in the woman's absence. "That is why we replaced the glasses on the bar table with plastic cups," he said. Ms Organ struggled and yelled abuse when police arrested her after a raid at her Dalziel Street home about 9am on Tuesday. Court documents said they seized a wallet with $2750 cash and clip seal bags that contained about 3.5 grams of cannabis. As they searched the home, police saw Ms Organ pick up a hairbrush that was next to her on the lounge and go to brush her hair with it. They took the brush and removed the cap on the end of the handle to allegedly reveal three clipseal bags that contained about eight grams of a drug believed to be ice. Shannon John Dean, 26, faced court separately, charged with two fraud offences, after he was arrested at the same property. The court heard he was found with numerous bank and identification cards belonging to another man, who feared Mr Dean would return to his home if he was released from custody. Mr Dean, who applied for bail, told the court he was from NSW and had been couch surfing in Canberra for several months. He said he hadn't been staying at the Gowrie property for long and "it's not somewhere you want to stay". "I should've went back to Sydney. I came here for a holiday and got mixed up with the wrong people," he said. "I know I've made a mistake but at the end of the day I'm not a bad person." He said he'd been using ice regularly until about five days ago but had tried to get into rehabilitation programs. "When I do get on the ice I lose the plot," he said. Mr Dean said if he was released he would go and live with his parents in Sydney and "100 million per cent I could be in work tomorrow". Mr Morrison granted him bail on strict conditions. Neither defendant entered pleas. Both matters return to court in coming weeks.

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