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Gavin Smith’s drug export plot case

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DevelopingNext check Oct 25: Any announcement of the proceeds-of-crime investigation, identified assets or a confiscation timetable.

Where it stands

Gavin Smith was jailed for six years and nine months after admitting drug-export and related offences, including a conspiracy involving ketamine and cocaine concealed in hollowed-out rope bound for New Zealand. The court heard there was no evidence he actually sent cocaine there; the sentence has been reported, but the charter’s endpoint—conclusion of the sentence and resolution of any related proceedings—is not established.

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  1. Update 1Years of dealing, a rope export plot—and an unfinished money trail

The story so far

  1. Update 1

    Years of dealing, a rope export plot—and an unfinished money trail

    Gavin Smith’s phone exposed years of cannabis dealing and plans to send drugs to New Zealand inside rope. His prison term is settled; the export totals and recoverable proceeds are not.

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    • No confiscation hearing date, recovery target or confiscation order is established in the available account. It does not calculate the total proceeds of Smith’s dealing.

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