Smuggler's grisly death after hidden drugs burst inside him A MELBOURNE man hid ­cocaine-filled condoms left in his bathroom after his best friend - who ingested and ­imported more than a quarter of a million dollars worth of the drug - died after they burst inside him. Convicted drug trafficker Tyler Robertson, 39, told a court he was scared he would get into trouble with police after his friend, who swallowed more than 100 drug-filled condoms before getting on a flight from Los Angeles, overdosed at his North Melbourne home. Mr Robertson said his friend was rushed through customs at Melbourne airport in March 2012 after a seizure on the flight and sent him a text message saying, "Need charcoal or laxatives right now, matter of death." He began to vomit and pass the illicit stash. Mr Robertson took him to hospital after he lost consciousness. Prosecutor Julian Ayres said Mr Robertson did not tell paramedics or hospital staff that his friend had ingested 550g of ­cocaine. An autopsy found his friend died from ­cocaine ­intoxication, Melbourne Magistrates' Court heard. Mr Robertson cleaned up the mess, putting about $45,000 worth of the drug that had been ­expelled and other drug paraphernalia - including deal bags and electronic scales - in his wife's car. "I didn't know what to do with them," Mr Robertson, of Box Hill, told the court. Mr Robertson said he had no idea his 33-year-old hairdressing teacher friend had gone to the US to buy drugs. He pleaded guilty to possessing cocaine. He will appear in the County Court for a plea hearing next year.