Irishman gets 16 years in New Zealand over drugs
Michael O’Connor, aged 50, had been arrested in the Netherlands in 2013 before being extradited to New Zealand in April 2014 to face charges in relation to the importation of 4.3kg of methamphetamine in 2012.
It emerged in court O’Connor was part of a “large-scale and sophisticated” international drug importation ring. He did not touch the drugs but would remotely, from the Netherlands, monitor its importation and shipment to New Zealand.
