The Supreme Court resisted the temptation to bat the phrase back at him when it declined his application.<\/p>\n
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In 2018, New Zealand\u2019s Police Asset Recovery Unit seized five vehicles and $130,000 in cash from Thompson and Gamlen. Last year, they applied successfully for court orders to seize Thompson\u2019s house, an additional vehicle and bank deposits totaling more than NZ$90K.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
This is despite Thompson attempting to hide assets by registering under other names.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A New Zealand poker player busted for overseeing a sprawling methamphetamine dealer network has failed in his bid for a shorter sentence. Shane Thompson, aka Shane Tamihana, was sentenced in 2018 to 13 years in prison. That\u2019s after he admitted to plowing $4.2 million worth of meth into the Hawke\u2019s Bay region on New Zealand\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":275230,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,83771],"tags":[86485,81907,86484,86483],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Kiwi Poker Champ and Meth Kingpin Loses Parole Bid<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n