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Four named and sentenced in celebrity cocaine bust

Author
Sam Hurley, NZ Herald,
Publish Date
Mon, 18 Dec 2017, 1:39PM

Four named and sentenced in celebrity cocaine bust

Author
Sam Hurley, NZ Herald,
Publish Date
Mon, 18 Dec 2017, 1:39PM

Four men who were part of a high-profile Auckland cocaine bust have been named but the identities of the prominent people they supplied drugs to remain hidden.

Mobeen Bhikoo, Benjamin McLellan, Tafa Mispati and Samuel Montgomery appeared before Justice Sally Fitzgerald in the High Court at Auckland this morning for sentencing.

They faced dozens of drug possession and supply charges from 2016 and were due to go to trial in early October before amending their pleas to 28 charges.

Thirteen charges were also dropped.

Bhikoo was sentenced to a total of three years and four months in prison.

McLellan was also sentenced to three years and four months' imprisonment.

Mispati was jailed for two years and 11 months.

And Montgomery was sentenced to eight months home detention.

Celebrity stylist Mobeen Bhikoo leaving the Auckland District Court after an earlier appearance. Photo / Greg Bowker

Celebrity stylist Mobeen Bhikoo leaving the Auckland District Court after an earlier appearance. Photo / Greg Bowker

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