21 Feb 2017
R v DIXON [2017] NZHC 210
- Citation
- [2017] NZHC 210
- Court
- High Court
On the admitted facts, proven electronic communications, and expert evidence (DEA), the Court is satisfied beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant imported six kilograms of cocaine into New Zealand within the Charge 1 date range (24 November 2014 to 2 July 2015); the monetary transactions totaling USD 109,767 (including the USD 70,000 cash drop) were linked to purchase and transport from Colombia; the FedEx parcel and associated messages were highly suspicious but the parcel's contents and any precise quantity could not be proven beyond reasonable doubt and therefore were not the sole basi…