A Lithuanian man who travelled to New Zealand to launder more than $1 million in drug money has been jailed for two years and nine months.
Donatas Jukna was arrested at a border crossing in Germany and extradited to New Zealand earlier this year. He was on an Interpol wanted list following Operation Keyboard, a New Zealand police operation targeting the drug ring of Auckland kingpin Ronald Terence Brown.
Brown is currently serving 11 years for importing ecstasy, methamphetamine and LSD.
Jukna came to New Zealand in 2008 with an associate, Martynas Cikas.
Judge Christopher Field told the Auckland District Court today that the pair transferred or smuggled out more than $1m either by telegraphic transfer or hidden in their luggage.
The cash was payment from Brown to his European drug supplier.
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