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Taranaki drug dealer Damien Jake Ramsay was jailed for 30 months when he appeared in the New Plymouth District Court for sentencing on a raft of charges on Wednesday. (file photo)
A Taranaki drug dealer caught with 30 grams of methamphetamine, $17,380 in cash and tens of thousands of dollars in stolen goods continued to offend after being released on bail. On September 18, 2019, police raided Damien Jake Ramsay’s Stratford address, which he shared with his partner Jo Anne Singh. Following an extensive search of the property officers discovered 30 grams of methamphetamine and $17,380 in cash in an internal wall cavity in the lounge, while on the back of Ramsay’s ute they found 21 x 20kg bags of calf feed, 10 x 20kg bags of milk powder and $34,800 worth of tools stolen from building sites around Taranaki.
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The men demanded the victims hand over a Nissan motor vehicle, which they had recently bought, because Oldfield claimed the previous owner owed him a debt. The trio left the address telling the male victim it was “all good” but later returned at 11.30pm with Bryden Lee and Thomas Holland, both members of the Uru Taha gang. Oldfield, who was armed with a steel pipe, forcefully pushed his way inside when the door was opened and the others followed. They demanded the victim hand over the Nissan, but it had been hidden at another address due to concerns after the previous visit.