Jail for major drug dealer

A west Auckland man has been jailed for more than 11 years for manufacturing and selling methamphetamine. File photo / NZ Herald

A west Auckland man has been jailed for 11 years and six months for manufacturing and selling methamphetamine.

Warwick Joseph Mack, 45, was ordered to serve a minimum non parole period of five years nine months.

He was convicted on June 17 on 16 drugs and firearms charges in connection with clan labs he was involved with at various addresses around Auckland.

Mack pleaded guilty at the start of the trial to three charges of unlawfully possessing a pistol and one of unlawfully possessing explosives.

Sentencing Mack in the High Court at Auckland today Justice Graham Lang said the sheer scale of the operation showed Mack was not just in it for personal use.

- NZPA