Former AFL player Callum Urch pleads guilty to drug and weapon charges Callum Urch. A FORMER AFL player is awaiting sentence at Melbourne Magistrates' Court after pleading guilty to drugs charges and a weapon offence. Callum Urch, 29, played eight games with North Melbourne before injuries ended his short professional football career in 2007. The court heard today that Urch was arrested in March this year after becoming the target of a Victoria Police taskforce codenamed Trident focusing on suspected drug trafficking at Station Pier. Urch was nabbed in a specific operation codenamed Coulter, which started in September last year. Police prosecutor Damon Hunter told the court that Urch was employed by the company that runs the Spirit of Tasmania at the time. Urch pleaded guilty to single charges including trafficking and possessing cocaine. He trafficked about 14 grams of cocaine in several transactions between New Year's Eve and February this year, the court was told. Investigators gathered evidence via telephone intercepts and surveillance, Magistrate Sarah Dawes was told. On one occasion, Urch was seen to approach a car in Albert Park and walk away with a package containing 7 grams of cocaine worth $2000, Leading Sen-Constable Hunter said. After Urch's arrest, police located an extendable baton in his car. Urch, who is being assessed for his suitability for a community corrections order, will be sentenced this afternoon. Urch made his debut with North Melbourne against the Sydney Swans in Round 19 in 2004. After his delisting at the end of 2007 he had a stint with Williamstown in the Victorian Football League.