Post by Kiwi Frontline on Oct 20, 2017 16:24:25 GMT 12
GANG LEADER ARGUES SEIZED LAND WITH LINKS TO MONEY LAUNDERING HAS CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE
Seized land with links to a $1.17 million drug supply and money laundering operation may return to its gang owner following an appeal on cultural and spiritual grounds.
The Commissioner of Police obtained asset and profit forfeiture orders for Bay of Plenty property belonging to Valentine Barclay Nicholas and his partner Sheila Payne.
While he did not challenge the drug and money laundering finding, he argued the land is of cultural, spiritual and whanau significance and that its seizure would create undue hardship.
Yesterday, a decision by Justices Rhys Harrison, Ailsa Duffy and Joseph Williams said there is evidence strongly suggesting that some of the property is ancestral land......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11935209
Seized land with links to a $1.17 million drug supply and money laundering operation may return to its gang owner following an appeal on cultural and spiritual grounds.
The Commissioner of Police obtained asset and profit forfeiture orders for Bay of Plenty property belonging to Valentine Barclay Nicholas and his partner Sheila Payne.
While he did not challenge the drug and money laundering finding, he argued the land is of cultural, spiritual and whanau significance and that its seizure would create undue hardship.
Yesterday, a decision by Justices Rhys Harrison, Ailsa Duffy and Joseph Williams said there is evidence strongly suggesting that some of the property is ancestral land......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11935209