A 68-year-old woman who was part of a multi-million dollar drug syndicate will be sentenced in the High Court next month.
Kilbirnie cleaner Sandra Jacqueline McMahon was due to be sentenced today in the Wellington District Court on charges of selling cannabis, possessing cannabis for supply and money laundering.
But Judge Peter Hobbs declined jurisdiction given the seriousness of the charges and the likely length of imprisonment she would face.
He remanded McMahon in custody until sentencing in the High Court at Wellington on December 12.
McMahon was arrested in June after a crackdown on what police say was a well-organised and sophisticated commercial drug syndicate which dealt in tens of thousands of dollars of cannabis every week.