Tarnow Criminal LawRichmond, BC · September 21, 2026Twenty-Three Kilograms, Time Served: R v A and the Individualized Sentence
In February 2025, a 19-year-old Māori mother from Auckland was arrested at Vancouver International Airport. She was about to board a flight home. In her checked suitcase were 23 kilograms of methamphetamine at 99% purity, worth as much as NZ$8.6 million at street level in New Zealand. She pleaded guilty to possession for the purpose...
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