A jury has reached guilty verdicts on all but one charge against three Northlanders charged in relation to the manufacture of millions of dollars worth of methamphetamine at a rural house.
After nearly three days of deliberation following a five-week trial, the verdicts were delivered in the High Court at Whangarei at 3.21pm yesterday against Evanda Harding, Kiata Sonny Pene and Casey Rewha.
The jury retired at 1.30pm on Monday after Justice Simon Moore summed up the case.
At least 9kg of meth with a street value of between $3.2 million and $4.5 million was cooked over 10 weeks in a property in Taipuha Rd at Waiotira, between Whangarei and Paparoa, between September and December 2014.
Jurors returned unanimous verdicts of guilty against Evanda Harding on two charges of manufacturing meth and one of participating in an organised criminal group.