At the sentencing on Friday, Crown prosecutor David Johnstone said the defence had tried to unreasonably minimise Naufahus culpability as the leader of the criminal group. When brought in for questioning by police, Rahman claimed to be in New Zealand on holiday. Justice Sally Fitzgerald convicted Naufahu of the three offences and scheduled a sentencing date of October 23, 2020, alongside his fellow Comanchero Jarome Fonua. Emergency services responded to the commercial building fire at 7pm. Shortly after the man and Naufahu were seen by police sitting in the Howick Village Cafe. Clausen has already been sentenced to three years and eight months' imprisonment. Two more people involved with the Comancheros motorcycle gang have been sentenced after police surveilled a failed million dollar drug deal and a money launderer funnelling stacks of cash through. "I'm so honoured to be your son, you taught me how to be a man, you're a legend to this club. 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The trial of five people linked to the Comancheros gang has been told how close a large drug deal came to being completed in the Auckland suburb of Takanini. The jury trial at the High Court is the first one to be held under the current enhancedCovid-19 alert level 2.5in Auckland. I've banked those cheques about a 100,000 in Kiwi's one. "He accepted that he lived a high lifestyle, but he said he has now learned that reconnection with his culture and family is more important.". 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(First published in April 2019). Police bugged cellphones belonging to members and associates of the Comancheros gang, listening live to calls almost a year before raiding the bikies in a major bust. Red Cross Cyclone Gabrielle fund: Where will donations go? However, they still ruled the end sentence imposed was excessive and substituted the 10 years to one of nine years imprisonment. Gang president Pasilika Naufahu was among those put behind bars, sentenced to 10 years' jail after being found guilty of conspiracy to supply the Class B drug pseudoephedrine. Naufahu - whose brother Pasilika is the president of the New Zealand chapter of the Australian motorcycle club - also pleaded guilty to possession of MDMA, or Ecstasy, which is a Class-B controlled drug. Hakaraia has denied participating in an organised criminal group; two charges of possession of class A drug for supply, namely cocaine and methamphetamine; and three charges of money laundering including $439,700 used towards two concrete pumps and $110,000 used towards purchasing a Range Rover. The Australian motorcycle gang established a chapter in New Zealand after 14 members were deported as so-called "501s", in reference to the section of Australia's immigration law used to revoke visas on "character" grounds. The sentencing of Comanchero vice- president Tyson Daniels and lawyer Andrew Simpson; inset, Jarome Fonua; below, two of the vehicles seized. Intercepted communications and video taken by police showed the man and Naufahu meeting, but Mansfield QC argued the meetings involved money laundering and not pseudoephedrine. Their shared trial had started with five defendants but that number dropped by two when several charges were withdrawn midway. We do not accept Mr Naufahu played anything other than a major and significant role in the conspiracy to supply pseudoephedrine.. Two days before Christmas, December 23, 2018, Rahman left New Zealand but not before receiving a backpack full of cash. "You clearly knew the money was derived from significant importation of drugs.". We respect every Motorcycle Club that adheres to proper MC protocol. Naufahu was arrested as a part of a covert police investigation called Operation Nova that targeted the Comanchero Motorcycle Club. It demonstrated the drug dealing was conducted from a distance by others on his behalf, Justice Lang said. "You clearly knew that the money was derived from a significant drug importation and supply operation by the group of which you are a member," Justice van Bohemen told Daniels in February 2020. An annual lemonade stand that raises money for children battling cancer is coming to a local Hells Angels club this year. Pasilika Naufahu appeared before the Parole Board on 12 September, and was again refused early release after he first became eligible for parole on 11 May. The president and his brother, Vetekina, also received regular monthly payments from a business in Australia, the court heard. Despite this, Simpson was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison. Young said the board was convinced Naufahu remained an undue risk and could not be released. Around the same time, a consignment of a kitchen stovetops shipped from the United States had been seized by Customs and examined. He is charismatic.". The cheap wholesale price of $120,000 per kilogram was agreed to by both parties, in a deal the police believed would weigh at least 100kg ("a nice number with two zeros"). This is the biggest gang in New Zealand, if they put word on the street about you, no-one comes near you.. Go to the back of the car and put it in the boot, the man says. The covert investigation ended in April 2019, when most of the Comancheros' hierarchy were arrested on offences of money laundering and participating in an organised criminal group. Est. This (is) that new s***," Meehan wrote in the Instagram post announcing the switch which saw the pair posed in with a motorcycle and the Comanchero insignia. His lawyer, Marie Dyhrberg, QC, asked the Parole Board to consider "belief in redemption" as all the available evidence showed Daniels was a changed man. When you work carefully through the glimpse of reality behind the secrets and pretending, the picture is perfectly clear, Johnstone said. A senior Comanchero gang member has admitted charges of money laundering and participating in an organised criminal group, just weeks before his trial was due to start. Three days later, Rahmans son checked into the same hotel and was seen meeting with another man, a 19-year-old Mexican national, who also cannot be identified for legal reasons. His sentence was later reduced to nine years and three months by the Court of Appeal. He had difficulty obtaining a bank account, accommodation and employment, he said. "We still had many more memories to make, we still had so much more to do. In July, a 60-year-old man who travelled to Mexico was sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to four charges of importing a Class A drug after being identified in Operation Nova. 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Available from December 2. Tallat Rahman, from Suva, was arrested in February 2019 in the first phase of the inquiry, which discovered how parcels of methamphetamine weighing up to 5kg were hidden inside kitchen appliances shipped from the United States. Pasilika Naufahu is on trial for drug, money laundering and organised crime charges. How many times do I need to say - I'm gonna get arrested soon. 'I got hooked then and there': Conservationist in her 80s documents rare sea lion species, Race and erasure: Why the world's other humanitarian crises don't see the same response as Ukraine. There was nearly 5kg of methamphetamine inside. The gang boss was also found guilty, along with Connor Clausen, of conspiring to supply pseudoephedrine. Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook. This article contains a list of conflicts involving outlaw motorcycle clubs. Mansfield said Naufahu has never shied away from admitting to being the president of the New Zealand chapter of the Comanchero gang. 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We believe this corresponds with a fair use of any such copyrighted material (referenced and provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law). Naufahu - whose brother Pasilika is the president of the New Zealand chapter of the Australian motorcycle gang - also pleaded guilty to possession of MDMA, or Ecstasy, which is a Class-B controlled drug. But he had endeavoured to provide his wife and four children with the life he never had, he said. Video / NZ Herald. A concreting business was used as a disguise to pay salaries to the group and the media personality was listed as the director, the court heard. Frustrated emails from Kawerau constable to Police Commissioner Mike Bush led to downfall of Mo Video of gang's botched $1m drug deal that brought down Comancheros leader - NZ Herald, Auckland Airport meth bust: Air New Zealand baggage handlers charged - NZ Herald. Photo: RNZ / Dan Cook Money was deposited at banks in amounts less than $10,000, in a bid to avoid triggering the banks' reporting threshold, then funnelled through trust and company accounts to disguise their criminal origins. Not surprisingly he had sought out the company of others in the same situation, he said. Simpson was reckless and brought the legal profession into disrepute, however, the judge was satisfied he was genuine in his remorse. The #1 Biker News Website Since 2011-Covering up to minute biker news including Outlaw Motorcycle Clubs & Biker News Worldwide. Reminder, this is a Premium article and requires a subscription to read. Comanchero club secretary Jarome Fonua was jailed for four and half years. Payments were also made by Hakaraia to Comanchero vice president Tyson Daniels to buy another new Range Rover. However, that is a consequence of your decisions.". Naufahu was declared bankrupt in 2010 in Australia, however on arrival in New Zealand he opened a bank account and up until 2019, $1.1 million was deposited. The five were arrestedfollowing a series of raidsacross Auckland in April 2019 in which more than $3.7 million in assets were seized along withluxury cars, motorbikes, high-end luggageand jewellery. Photo: Supplied, Late-model Range Rovers were among the assets seized in Operation Nova. Bullied at school, Naufahu found the way to deal with this was violence, which won the approval of his father, he said. He had also earlier pleaded guilty to participating in an organised criminal group and money laundering in relation to a $1.3 million home and expensive cars. The offending was sophisticated, said Justice van Bohemen, with encrypted devices used to avoid detection by police. Neither man was charged with drug offences. A video, taken by police, was played at trial showing the brother of a man who the Crown says is at the heart of the case and an Australian hairdresser meeting with Clausen. "It would take considerable willpower on your part to break away from those contacts.". Rahman was unknown to the team of detectives running Operation Nova until he was overheard talking to one of the frontmen, who cannot be named for legal reasons, whose phone conversations were bugged by police. The success of the group saw brand new luxury vehicles purchased along with a waterfront apartment, trips on luxury yachts and a $1.3 million Bucklands Beach house. Your pseudo is worth nothing without their cash, the man says. 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Despite this, Simpson was sentenced to two years and nine months in prison. We believe this corresponds with a fair use of any such copyrighted material (referenced and provided for in section 107 of the US Copyright Law). The president of the Comanchero Motorcycle Club has had a year knocked off his jail term. Officers then observed the ute park up in Howick next to a white Range Rover. In the recording, the man can be heard getting frustrated with Sha talking about a deal that he can make nearly half a million dollars from. Comancheros boss Pasilika Naufahu has been sentenced to ten years in prison after last year being found guilty of money laundering and conspiring to supply drugs. "Your place in the Comancheros hierarchy means you were one of the directors of this serious offending, which exemplifies how organised criminal groups can obtain significant financial benefit from offending without putting themselves directly at risk.". Comanchero gang leader Pasilika Naufahu has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. The money laundering charge relates to his late-model Range Rover, worth around $150,000, while the organised crime charge carries the most significant penalty of up to 10 years in prison. These include electronic monitoring with a curfew between 10pm-6am, not to use drugs, not to communicate or associate with co-offenders, or anyone connected to the Comancheros. Then in February 2019, two separate consignments from the United States a waffle maker and coffee brewer- were stopped at the border by Customs, each containing 2.9kg of methamphetamine. This story originally appeared in the New Zealand Herald. Mick Hawi was a former Comanchero MC President. Comancheros New Zealand chapter president Pasilika Naufahu photographed during his sentencing in Auckland High Court last year on drug and money laundering charges. Photo / Jason Oxenham Earlier this year,lawyer Andrew Simpson and Danielswere jailed for their involvement. one of the founding members of the New Zealand chapter in 2018 but was arrested a year later following a covert investigation, Operation Nova, which targeted the gang's criminal activity. Naufahu previously admitted participating in an organised criminal group, unlawful possession of ammunition and four charges of money laundering, in relation to the purchase of his Bucklands Beach house. If you continue to use this website without changing your cookie settings or you click "Accept" below then you are consenting to this. Earlier, two other men, one of whom will be called as a witness, discuss buying an airplane and whether the particular model could fly all the way from Auckland to Fiji without stopping for fuel. Make sure you have subscribed to our Facebook page or Twitter to stay tuned! A video, taken by police, was played at trial showing the brother of a man who the Crown says is at the heart of the case and an Australian hairdresser meeting with Clausen. Since then, however, Daniels has been a model prisoner. You set up the trusts and lent respectability, as a lawyer, to a criminal organisation.". By continuing to use the site, you agree to the use of cookies. "He is intelligent. Most updated Motorcycle community news from all the World, Motorcycle Clubs news, 1%er news. Photo: Michael Craig, A New Zealand chapter of the Comancheros gang was established in 2018 after members were deported from Australia. The Crown produced other bugged phone calls and photographic evidence of multiple people depositing small sums of money at various banks accounts. A trial involving laundering and drug charges against Comanchero president Pasilika Naufahu, Connor Michael Tamati Clausen, accountant Wiwini Himi Hakaraia, a media personality who has name Meet the heavily tattooed underworld boss who has taken over as president of Australia's most powerful bikie gang the Comancheros. Photo: Supplied He was "surprised" to be deported given his imprisonment in Australia had been in short stints. New Zealand chapter president Pasilika Naufahu, vice-president Tyson Daniels and Jarome Fonua today entered guilty pleas to an amended joint charge of assault after punching a man . Comancheros gang president Pasilika Naufahu jailed for 10 years Catrin Owen 10:42, Feb 19 2021 RICKY WILSON/STUFF Pasilika Naufahu was sentenced by Justice Graham Lang on Friday. The defence lawyer said upon his clients arrival in New Zealand, he had difficulty opening a bank account, getting accommodation and employment. The call was made in Mexico and the caller was identified as Rahman; a Fijian-Indian who lived in Suva, who had dual Canadian citizenship and travelled regularly to Mexico and the United States. Once in New Zealand, the police allege the drugs were distributed by "frontmen" for the Comanchero, whose hierarchy allegedly reaped the rewards of the illicit trade. "The idea of him as a supportive father and husband is completely inconsistent with his desire to continue on in the Comancheros gang and the prospect of further offending if released.". Video / Mike Scott. Jul 2019. I deeply regret a father being separated from his family. Jul 2019. Johnstone said Naufahu was the source of $1 million that was meant to be used to purchase pseudoephedrine, but the suppliers withdrew from the exchange. A shipment of 613 kilograms of methamphetamine - with what police say is a retail value of more than $245 million - was stopped at Auckland Airport last Thursday. After stopping at a cafe, the pair get back into the vehicle and the man can be heard telling Sha about how the area is one of the most policed areas in the country all gang squad. Two days before Christmas, December 23, 2018, Rahman left New Zealand but not before receiving a backpack full of cash. The 501, who was deported to New Zealand in 2016, was arrested after raids across Auckland in April 2019, resulting in more than $3.7 million in assets being seized including luxury cars, motorbikes, high-end luggage and jewellery. The late admissions come shortly before the pair were due to stand trial at the High Court in September, along with other members of the club and their associates on charges laid in April 2019 following Operation Nova. They dont want to arrive if the pseudo is not here, the man replies. A trial involving laundering and drug charges againstComanchero president Pasilika Naufahu, Connor Michael Tamati Clausen, accountant Wiwini Himi Hakaraia, a media personality who has name suppression, and a woman also with name suppression is in its third week at the High Court at Auckland. "You made it work. Those guilty verdicts mean that since the Herald on Sunday revealed the infamous Instagram post announcing their arrival in 2018, five of the six founding members of the New Zealand Comancheros have been convicted of either serious drug or money laundering offences. Defendants, jurors, counsel and media are all required to physically distance and wear masks in the courtroom. Defence lawyer Ron Mansfield said Naufahu had been deported from Australia as a 501, arriving here with no support network in place. (First published September 2020). "Ok, I delete," came the reply. Jurors are also sitting in front of plastic screens. Comanchero Motorcycle Gang members have been arrested in Auckland. The trial continues tomorrow. After a lengthy and high-profile jury trial last year, Naufahu was found guilty of two money-laundering charges - one in respect of a Ford Ranger and the other a $102,075 Bentley. Make sure you have subscribed to our Facebook page or Twitter to stay tuned! The man goes on to tell Sha about the richest man in the country who has a billion dollars. Justice Lang accepted the offending was bought about to ensure his family did not suffer the same financial hardship he had growing up. The pair parted ways before the man made various stops and took photos of his car before he was observed meeting up with Sha and the pair also made multiple stops around the city. You know the puakas get all my messages," the text read. 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Clausen also admitted being in possession of a pistol and ammunition and a pump-action shotgun and shells. The court heard Naufahu was a middle child of six children and the family had been under financial stress and hardship. Former ACT president of Comancheros bikie gang Peter Zdravkovic jailed over fraud, drug possession Victoria Police Police Detective Horrific Arrest Melbourne Fight South Possible explosives found in Narre Warren after two Comanchero bikies arrested Melbourne Restaurants Fire Inside Concert Concerts Bikies arrested after Melbourne shootout Later that day, the man yells at Sha that he is wasting time and is going to blow the deal. "I know you're up there in the forever chapter, sinking them down at the bar, flying that flag with 13 stars. There was nearly 5kg of methamphetamine inside. The cookie settings on this website are set to "allow cookies" to give you the best browsing experience possible. more information Accept. The word puakas was translated by police as 'pigs'. Simpson was reckless and brought the legal profession into disrepute, however, the judge was satisfied he was genuine in his remorse. Jesse Vella, nephew of former Rebels President Alex Vella and cousin of current President Damien Vella, touched upon the club in the poem he read at the service. "No it doesn't matter if you delete all my messages already [go] all to the puakas. You clearly knew the money was derived from significant importation of drugs.. Then in February 2019, two separate consignments from the United States - a "waffle maker" and "coffee brewer"- were stopped at the border by Customs, each containing 2.9kg of methamphetamine. Others jailed by Operation NovaComancheros vice-president Tyson Daniels has already been sentenced to four years and eight months' imprisonment. As part of his release plan, Daniels will attend a rehabilitation programme and one-on-one private counselling with a psychologist. The haul was worth about $20m. The president of the Comanchero Motorcycle Club has been jailed after being found guilty of sophisticated money laundering and drugs charges. If you wish to use any copyrighted material from this site for purposes of your own that go beyond fair use, you must obtain expressed permission from the copyright owner. Hawi's violent death revived memories of the 2009 bikie wars and the Sydney airport brawl. You are not permitted to download, save or email this image. The late admissions come shortly before the pair were due to stand trial at the High Court in September, along with other members of the gang and their associates on charges laid in April 2019 following Operation Nova. Once in New Zealand, the police allege the drugs were distributed by frontmen for the Comanchero, whose hierarchy allegedly reaped the rewards of the illicit trade. But the Court of Appeal has reduced that sentence to nine years. Photo / Supplied In sentencing Daniels - who was wearing a black and gold Versace top - to four years and eight months. A number of trusts were set up and various bank accounts were used to launder money to then purchase luxury cars and property. Naufahu was arrested following a series of raids across Auckland in April 2019 in which more than $3.7 million in assets was seized, along with luxury cars, motorbikes, high-end luggage and jewellery. 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