27 Aug 2021
COMMISSIONER OF POLICE v HUNT & ORS [2021] NZHC 2211
- Citation
- [2021] NZHC 2211
- Court
- High Court
On the balance of probabilities the cash seized and the bank account funds were derived from significant criminal activity (possession for supply of methamphetamine) given lack of legitimate income, guilty pleas and circumstantial evidence; assets forfeiture order for specified cash and bank account is mandatory under s50; profit forfeiture order for the assessed unlawful benefit of $727,461.60 (less value of assets forfeited) is justified under s55 as respondents unlawfully benefitted and no undue hardship evidence was presented; the two vehicles, while not tainted, were held under the effec…