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Not guilty on both drug-importing charges; discharged by Justice Roper. This is the earliest Christchurch-linked methamphetamine prosecution located in this research, not a proven importation or a laboratory.
ACQUITTEDNamed defendant, aged26 in the contemporary report; acquittal preserved. No finding of guilt is implied by inclusion.
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3 years 8 months imprisonment
CONVICTEDReported associate of Larenz Smith; sentenced in the same court
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3 years 2 months imprisonment; Justice Cameron Mander, High Court at Christchurch.
CONVICTEDYoung associate; admitted four methamphetamine supply charges and participating in an organised criminal group.
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5 years 1 month imprisonment
CONVICTEDAuckland cash courier; article explicitly says the twins were not gang members
9
Eight guilty pleas verified. June sentencing was scheduled; no imposed sentence recovered in the bounded follow-up. This is not evidence that sentencing did not occur.
GUILTY — NO TERMSouth Island commander
15
4 years 6 months imprisonment
CONVICTEDGang nominee; methamphetamine courier in the South Island
10
9 months home detention; Justice Cameron Mander. Admitted participating in an organised criminal group.
CONVICTEDYoung associate, 19 at sentencing. Herald prints Kayden; another contemporaneous report prints Kadyn. Not Kelvin James Wikaira, 43.
29
6 years imprisonment; admitted supply, conspiracy to supply and participating in the organised criminal group.
CONVICTEDChristchurch secretary, 43 at sentencing; collected cash and supplied drugs in Timaru. Not the young Kayden/Kadyn Kelvin Wikaira.
30
6 years 6 months imprisonment; Justice Christine Gordon, High Court at Christchurch.
CONVICTEDLarenz Smith’s father; courier and not a club member according to defence. Article reports 18 drug runs and at least 1kg per trip.
31
Charged with methamphetamine equipment/chemicals offending; subsequent 2011 calendar lists sentencing but supplies no imposed term.
UNRESOLVEDThe initial report is from 2010, not a first report in 2011.
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8 years 8 months imprisonment
CONVICTEDSouth Island treasurer; reported Timaru supply connection
6
5 years 4 months imprisonment
CONVICTEDAuckland cash courier; article explicitly says the twins were not gang members
9
3 years 2 months imprisonment
CONVICTEDNominee and street-level supplier
11
8 years 3 months imprisonment
CONVICTEDChristchurch barber and Comanchero nominee; drugs/cash courier
7
Found guilty of participating in a criminal group and one representative Class A drug-supply charge. Later October report says sentencing adjourned; no term recovered.
GUILTY — NO TERMCo-defendant, not the recipient of Naufahu’s 13-month sentence.
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13 months imprisonment for possessing 6.6g cocaine for supply; released because of time already served. Acquitted of 25 other serious charges.
SPLIT VERDICTNational commander; not proven to have participated in the charged trafficking enterprise
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8 years 6 months imprisonment
CONVICTEDRoad captain; Christchurch-end supply into Dunedin and Invercargill
11
2 years 9 months imprisonment
CONVICTEDNominee; assisted cash movements to Auckland
11
All charges against Brooking in the meth-lab case were dropped. His parole recall is not a conviction for these allegations.
WITHDRAWNCo-defendants’ prosecutions were continuing at that time.
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Joint equipment/chemicals charge; granted bail, no plea entered in initial report. Gason’s sentence and Brooking’s withdrawal are not her disposition.
UNRESOLVEDInitial joint charge; co-defendants’ later outcomes are recorded separately.
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3 years 11 months imprisonment for manufacturing methamphetamine and possessing chemicals/equipment.
CONVICTEDSentence belongs to Gason, not Brown or Brooking.
56
Admitted at depositions conspiring to supply and manufacture methamphetamine; jury added unlawful possession of laboratory equipment. Mid-July 2004 sentence not recovered.
GUILTY — NO TERM45-year-old methamphetamine cook
18
Admitted conspiring to supply and manufacture methamphetamine at depositions, plus making and supplying; jury also found him guilty of unlawfully possessing laboratory equipment. Sentence (mid-July 2004, Justice Panckhurst) not recovered.
GUILTY — NO TERM42-year-old main manufacturer; a "well-known drug user" in Dunedin running clandestine laboratories
18
Five years imprisonment, reported by OneRoof (2026) as a 2004 sentence on charges relating to a methamphetamine operation. Primary sentencing report from mid-July 2004 not recovered.
CONVICTEDHigh-profile Christchurch strip club operator; ring co-ordinator with the 1DEVIL plate that named the operation. Five-year term reported later by OneRoof (secondary source).
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Guilty of conspiring to make and supply methamphetamine. Sentence in mid-July 2004 by Justice Panckhurst not recovered.
GUILTY — NO TERM29-year-old; methamphetamine-related items were found at his address
18
2 years imprisonment for conspiracy to manufacture in the Diablo case. The separate 4 years 6 months term in the same profile is for a different 2004 case.
CONVICTEDAlso nicknamed Josh in the verdict account; 2015 report describes him surviving a shooting, not dying.
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21 months imprisonment, imposed by Justice Graham Panckhurst in the Christchurch High Court. Article reports sentencing that day; later return to Britain was not established.
CONVICTEDAssociated Diablo courier, not one of the five verdict-day defendants in the 2004 article.
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5 years 5 months imprisonment in total. Court of Appeal dismissed conviction and sentence appeals.
SPLIT VERDICTManufacturing/precursor/equipment convictions plus firearms matters; not convicted of conspiracy.
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3 years 10 months imprisonment for conspiracy to manufacture. Earlier verdict-day report did not yet record a conviction; later judgments establish conviction and sentence.
CONVICTEDFinancing role: court found knowledge that the loan would assist commercial manufacture, but not full knowledge of the enterprise’s scale.
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Guilty findings included conspiracy, manufacture, possession for sale/supply, chemicals/equipment and firearm/ammunition charges. This source does not establish the eventual sentence.
GUILTY — NO TERMTrial co-defendant
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3 years 10 months imprisonment effective total for manufacturing, precursor/equipment and firearms/explosives offences. The conspiracy acquittal remains an acquittal.
SPLIT VERDICTCook; primary judgment distinguishes his offences from the failed conspiracy charge.
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4 years imprisonment effective total; not merely the 3 years 6 months lead manufacturing term.
CONVICTEDManufacturing and firearms offending; cumulative/concurrent structure in sentencing judgment.
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8 months home detention on conspiracy-to-manufacture count.
CONVICTEDHelped locate accommodation used by the enterprise; judge described low culpability.
42
3 years 2 months imprisonment on one conspiracy-to-manufacture count.
CONVICTEDSupplied materials; home detention unavailable because end sentence exceeded two years.
38
3 years imprisonment for conspiracy to supply; two months for ammunition concurrent.
CONVICTEDJudgment expressly identifies Operation Granite; not a manufacture conviction.
49
3 years 9 months imprisonment on each of conspiracy to manufacture and conspiracy to supply, concurrent.
CONVICTEDConspiracies to manufacture and to supply methamphetamine.
43
9 years and 3 months' imprisonment. Exact individual hearing date not established by this retrospective.
CONVICTEDReported as Poa’s brother and manager of the second supply line; same-name 2020 case kept separately, identity continuity unverified.
32
5 years and 9 months' imprisonment. Exact individual hearing date not established by this retrospective.
CONVICTEDOperated the Rangiora Cantow and Cany Customs businesses used in the second supply line.
32
10 months' home detention. Exact individual hearing date not established by this retrospective.
CONVICTEDArticle describes storage and transfer of cash for Poa.
32
1 year and 9 months' imprisonment. Exact individual hearing date not established by this retrospective.
CONVICTEDArticle describes enforcement of drug debts.
32
6 years and 3 months' imprisonment. Exact individual hearing date not established by this retrospective.
CONVICTEDBrother of Michael; managed first supply line.
32
5 years and 6 months' imprisonment. Exact individual hearing date not established by this retrospective.
CONVICTEDCourier on the Auckland–Christchurch supply line.
32
3 years and 1 month's imprisonment. Exact individual hearing date not established by this retrospective.
CONVICTEDSentence-list spelling preserved exactly. Narrative uses Matthew Linton; discrepancy not silently corrected.
32
8 years and 4 months' imprisonment. Exact individual hearing date not established by this retrospective.
CONVICTEDPatched member; managed the first supply line with his brother Jaxxon.
32
7 years and 7 months' imprisonment. Exact individual hearing date not established by this retrospective.
CONVICTEDNational vice-president; principal offender in the reported network.
32
9 months' home detention. Exact individual hearing date not established by this retrospective.
CONVICTEDMother of Michael and Jaxxon; received and stored drugs/cash in Auckland.
32
2 years and 10 months' imprisonment. Exact individual hearing date not established by this retrospective.
CONVICTEDTow-truck driver on second supply line.
32
6 years imprisonment after guilty pleas to methamphetamine supply and money laundering; Judge Evangelos Thomas, Auckland District Court. Article date is not asserted as hearing date.
CONVICTEDAvonside resident; cash custodian and link between Auckland and Christchurch distribution arms.
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Original term 5 years 6 months imprisonment; sentence appeal heard, decision reserved in this source. Subsequent appeal outcome not recovered.
CONVICTEDComanchero; companion on New Lynn cash/drug collections. Article prints Esefehani-Bahadori; Tereora article prints Esfehani-Bahadori.
34
Original term 11 years imprisonment; sentence appeal heard, decision reserved in this source. Subsequent appeal outcome not recovered.
CONVICTEDComanchero; money-laundering charge after interception at Dunedin Airport and possession for supply of methamphetamine.
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Pleaded guilty to attempted manufacture and possessing instruments; remanded on bail for sentencing on 13 July 1990. The eventual sentence is not recovered.
GUILTY — NO TERMJoint defendant
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Pleaded guilty to attempted manufacture and possessing instruments; remanded on bail for sentencing on 13 July 1990. The eventual sentence is not recovered.
GUILTY — NO TERMJoint defendant
3
Pleaded guilty to attempted manufacture and possessing instruments; remanded on bail for sentencing on 13 July 1990. The eventual sentence is not recovered.
GUILTY — NO TERMJoint defendant; Norwich Street house occupant identified in OCR
3
Police did not proceed with her charge; she was discharged. This is not the reported disposition of Lines or Witehira.
ACQUITTEDThe discharge is in the Hillsborough report, not the Waltham remand report.
55
Meth supply/offering, MDMA-offering and search-assistance charges reported. The lab remained alleged/suspected; no final assessment or conviction recovered.
UNRESOLVEDScott28 named in a full contemporary report; second arrestee remains unnamed.
51
Equipment/materials charge and remand reported, not a conviction.
UNRESOLVEDCharles Street is an address, not part of his name.
54
Three equipment allegations and one producing-methamphetamine allegation; trial scheduled October 29, no verdict recovered.
UNRESOLVEDA later same-name report cannot yet be linked to these charges.
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Joint equipment/materials charge and remand reported, not a conviction.
UNRESOLVEDNamed separately from Lines in the Waltham remand report.
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5 years 9 months imprisonment for drug operation, plus an extra 3 months for a prison-yard fight while on remand.
CONVICTEDLeading role in the 2020 ring; Connie Elizabeth Ross is his mother. Same published name in Italian Sky, but identity continuity not verified.
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2 years 9 months imprisonment.
CONVICTEDSmith’s mother; described as treasurer or bookkeeper of the ring
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2 years 2 months imprisonment, February 2019.
CONVICTEDSupply operative
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6 years 3 months imprisonment.
CONVICTEDCo-defendant; kidnap and sawn-off shotgun charges included
19
Pleaded guilty to offering to supply meth, possession of meth for supply etc.; sentencing postponed for a six-month rehabilitation programme. Final outcome not recovered.
GUILTY — NO TERMCo-defendant
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Found guilty of conspiracy to supply methamphetamine; May 15 sentencing was scheduled, not verified as having occurred.
GUILTY — NO TERMOne of five named guilty-verdict defendants in the six-week Christchurch trial.
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Found guilty of conspiracy to supply methamphetamine; May 15 sentencing was scheduled, not verified as having occurred.
GUILTY — NO TERMOne of five named guilty-verdict defendants in the six-week Christchurch trial.
46
8 years imprisonment effective total: six years for methamphetamine conspiracy plus two years cumulative for ecstasy supply; other two-year terms concurrent. Exact initial sentencing date not established.
CONVICTEDNamed appellant in primary judgment; not an eight-year meth-only term.
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Found guilty of conspiracy to supply methamphetamine; May 15 sentencing was scheduled, not verified as having occurred.
GUILTY — NO TERMOne of five named guilty-verdict defendants in the six-week Christchurch trial.
46
Found not guilty and discharged; no conspiracy conviction.
ACQUITTEDDefence position was that they were end users, not dealers. Acquittal is recorded separately.
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9 years 4 months imprisonment. Article says sentenced “In May” without specifying that year; intended future deportation is not reported here as completed.
CONVICTEDDescribed as the syndicate head; not Rongjun Situ of Granite.
46
Found not guilty and discharged; no conspiracy conviction.
ACQUITTEDDefence position was that they were end users, not dealers. Acquittal is recorded separately.
46
Found guilty of conspiracy to supply methamphetamine; May 15 sentencing was scheduled, not verified as having occurred.
GUILTY — NO TERMOne of five named guilty-verdict defendants in the six-week Christchurch trial.
46
Contemporaneous 22 December 2025 article says half a decade each; later feature [27] says six years each. Actual term unresolved; excluded from source-supported-term total.
TERM DISPUTEDOne of four young men recruited as couriers/reshippers, around 20 at recruitment
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Contemporaneous 22 December 2025 article says half a decade each; later feature [27] says six years each. Actual term unresolved; excluded from source-supported-term total.
TERM DISPUTEDOne of four young men recruited as couriers/reshippers, around 20 at recruitment
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12 years imprisonment, sentenced by Judge Raoul Neave, who said it was the largest drug importation and distribution operation he could recall in his career.
CONVICTEDTauranga-based head of the national syndicate; ran the darknet vendor sites MollyShop and WhiteLines under the aliases Electric Squid and Azimuth; 48 at sentencing; imported and supplied methamphetamine, MDMA, LSD, ketamine and cocaine
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12 months home detention; exact sentencing date not established in retrieved feature.
CONVICTEDOne of four young men recruited as couriers/reshippers, around 20 at recruitment
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Six years imprisonment; exact sentencing date not established in retrieved feature.
CONVICTEDOne of four young men recruited as couriers/reshippers, around 20 at recruitment
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