A man at the centre of claims against two Auckland family-run businesses that allegedly owe hundreds of thousands of dollars to customers is facing serious drug charges, the Herald can reveal.
Manager and director of Dena Travel, Saman Ahmed Khan Bigy, 24, was arrested and charged by police last December as part of Operation Ghost, an 18-month covert investigation which targeted an alleged organised crime syndicate.
Police are investigating the Mt Eden travel agency and its neighbouring international money transfer service, Persian Network, owned by Bigy's parents Afsaneh Lotfi and Vahid Ahmad Khan Bigy.
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The parents have travelled to Hong Kong this month amid allegations of about 150 dishonoured airfares and incomplete international money transfers totalling hundreds of thousands of dollars.