A 62-year-old South Wairarapa man who sold metham-phetamine to fund his own drug habit has been remanded in custody.
Christopher Stanley Behan Kitto of Martinborough pleaded guilty to charges of possession of the Class A drug metham-phetamine for supply, supplying cannabis and cultivating cannabis when he appeared before Judge Pat Grace in the Masterton District Court on Thursday.
He was arrested as part of police Operation Lucy, clamping down on the drug trade in the region in an effort to reduce the harm caused by drugs to the community.
Police prosecutor Sergeant Garry Wilson said police stopped a car leaving Kitto's Grey St property on March 18 and found a cannabis tinnie inside and executed a warrant on the address the same day.
Kitto was caught trying to hide two small plastic self-sealing bags in his hand containing white crystals and told police it was methamphetamine, Mr Wilson said.