Jury members are deliberating the fate of three Northlanders facing serious drug charges that involved the manufacture of 9kg of methamphetamine at a rural house.
Evanda Harding, Kiata Sonny Pene and Casey Rewha are on trial in the High Court at Whangarei for their alleged roles in the drug operation in Taipuha Rd, Waiotira, between September and December 2014.
Harding is facing three charges of manufacturing meth, two of possession of pseudoephedrine for supply and/or offering to supply, one of possession of meth for supply, and one of participating in an organised criminal group.
He pleaded guilty at the start of his trial on June 27 to two charges of possession of pseudoephedrine for supply and one of possession of meth for supply.
Pene has denied one charge of manufacturing meth and one of participating in an organised criminal group while Rewha is facing one charge of participating in an organised criminal group.