They were arrested in August 2011. Photo / Thinkstock
A jury trial for a family crime syndicate that allegedly used motels, bach-style accommodation, public storage units and yards to make methamphetamine will start in the High Court at Whangarei in just over a week.
Jayne Crompton, 46, Marc Ethelstone, 34, and Dean Frederick Theobald, 40, are facing more than
60 charges in relation to possession and manufacture of methamphetamine.
Crompton and Theobald are jointly facing three charges of manufacturing methamphetamine, two of possessing precursor substance, two of possession of equipment, two of possession of materials, two of possession of a firearm and single charges of possession of P for supply, possession of explosives, producing a precursor substance, supplying P and conspiracy to manufacture P.
The three are jointly charged with three counts of manufacturing P, three of possession of equipment, three of possession of materials, two of possession of a firearm and single charges of possession of P for supply, possession of explosives and possession of precursor substances.
Crompton and Ethelstone are jointly facing one charge of conspiracy to manufacture P.
