Banana business: Sloppy border claim offensive to New Zealand, Bastion Pt cocaine trial told
6 May, 2021 12:44 AM
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For all three accused men in the cocaine trial, defence teams have now closed their cases. Photo / File
For all three accused men in the cocaine trial, defence teams have now closed their cases. Photo / File
Cocaine trial jurors have been warned not to slip up on claims a banana business was anything but legitimate.
Russian sailor Aleksandr Cherushev and Polish men Ryszard Richie Wilk and Patryk Lukasz Lukasik have pleaded not guilty to importing cocaine.
At the Bastion Pt cocaine trial, Lukasik also faces a charge of laundering $2382.80.
Bastion Pt drug trial: Cocaine frenzy left alleged boss Richie Wilk and mates awash with cash, Crown claims
4 May, 2021 04:04 AM
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Ryszard Wilk, brought back to New Zealand in 2019 to face charges, has pleaded not guilty. Photo / Interpol
Ryszard Wilk, brought back to New Zealand in 2019 to face charges, has pleaded not guilty. Photo / Interpol
If you follow the money - bundles of it generated with no legitimate explanation - you can know only one product was behind it.
That s what prosecutor Brian Dickey told jurors in his closing address at the Bastion Pt cocaine trial today.
Russian sailor Aleksandr Cherushev and Polish men Ryszard Richie Wilk and Patryk Lukasz Lukasik have pleaded not guilty to importing cocaine.
Bastion Pt drug trial: Cocaine frenzy left alleged boss Richie Wilk and mates awash with cash, Crown claims nzherald.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nzherald.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.