Speeding ticket triggered crisis for drug ring, jury told
Police searched the car and found 2kg of methamphetamine, worth about $360,000, hidden in secret compartments, prosecutor Tim Bain told the jury. Minns has already been convicted for his part in the plan but the man the Crown alleges was the head of a Wellington-based drug ring, Kenny Leslie McMillan, 42, is now on trial. The Crown says the impounding of the car triggered a crisis for members of the ring, and a scramble to get it out of the impound yard. McMillan pleaded guilty to charges relating to about 500g of methamphetamine, worth $100,000, but the Crown says he dealt with at ...