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The officer told a trial in May Mogford sold him small quantities of meth and offered to get larger amounts. Mogford was arrested at his Dannevirke home, where police found meth, cannabis, LSD and various guns, including a loaded pistol. Police also found a safe, chained to a beam under the house, containing cash, keys and a swipe card to a storage facility. Mogford gave police the code to the safe. WARWICK SMITH, DAVID UNWIN/STUFF Ra Ingram shares her journey as a recovering meth addict. The storage unit, rented in Mogford s name, contained a stolen Toyota Hilux, cannabis and multiple guns. ....
ROSS GIBLIN/STUFF The head of Oranga Tamariki, Grainne Moss, is deeply concerned about the rise in methamphetamine use and the effects it has on children and families. (Video first published in October 2020) They also found a safe chained to a beam underneath the house, which contained cash, keys and a swipe card to a storage facility. His judge-alone trial in May heard he gave police the code to the safe, he had a unit at the storage facility in his name, and one of the keys found in the safe opened a padlock on the unit. The unit contained a Toyota Hilux reported stolen in 2017, cannabis in a paint bucket and multiple guns. ....
A short interview he had with Detective Tina Malone after his arrest was played during his trial in the Palmerston North District Court on Wednesday. She was in the police car with him while he slept on the journey from Dannevirke to Palmerston North police station. He spoke to a lawyer before the interview began and quickly interjected after Malone spoke about his house being searched. “I’m not going to make a statement,” he said. WARWICK SMITH, DAVID UNWIN/STUFF GRAPHIC CONTENT: Recovering meth addict Leighton Cornelius and wife Trina talk about his history with violence and drugs, and how he got clean. ....
Mogford knew the code for the safe and gave it to police, Harvey said. Police searched a storage unit at the facility hired by Mogford, finding multiple firearms and cannabis inside. One of the guns had the Mongrel Mob insignia stamped on it, Harvey said. A key witness for the Crown was an undercover officer who went by the codename Solomon. Solomon, giving evidence via an audio-visual link from an unknown location, said he was ordered by his handlers to go to Mogford’s address on Mathew St, Dannevirke, to purchase meth. He went there multiple times, mostly buying meth in .25g or .5g amounts, although he did once talk to a male there about buying larger quantities. ....