Tommy Wineera appears in the Rotorua District Court via audio visual link on drugs and firearms charges. Photo / Andrew Warner
A man facing 22 charges over a large-scale drugs operation in Rotorua has appeared in court.
Tommy Wineera, 46, from Rotorua, appeared in the Rotorua District Court today before Judge Greg Hollister-Jones facing charges relating to methamphetamine, ecstasy and firearms.
His lawyer, Andy Schulze, told Judge Hollister-Jones he had received
some information about the charges from police, but he’d like his client to take more time before formally entering pleas to the charges.
Schulze said he would put off applying for electronic-monitored bail until a later date.
Judge Hollister-Jones remanded Wineera in custody until January 17 at 11.45am, when he was to enter pleas to the charges.
