Cameron Burnell / Staff
Stephen Albert Bruns has been charged with drug operations and has been sentenced to the longest sentence. (File photo)
Two drug dealers who have run a large methamphetamine business from public housing in the northern suburbs of Wellington will lose about $ 1 million worth of cash and assets.
Stephen Albert Bruns, 52, and William Alan Burkeland, 50, were senior members of Mongrel Mob, who lived just a short walk from Cainga Ora’s home in Linden.
When police attacked them in 2017, they found $ 511,735 hidden in various locations. An additional $ 300,470 was found in mobile homes.
Brance was sentenced to 14 years and 6 months in prison in 2018 as responsible for the surgery, which was estimated to handle about 1 kg of methamphetamine per week at his height.
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He runs a sophisticated business from a fortified apartment, sends drones to monitor the area, puts surveillance cameras on trees, installs electron beam sensors on car pads, and visits Linden’s apartments. Warned.
MAARTEN HOLL / STUFF
Wellington police used masked police to eavesdrop on gang members’ apartments and attacked them in April 2017, earning more than 2 kg of methamphetamine and more than $ 500,000 in cash. (Video file)
Hundreds of customers visited day and night to buy methamphetamine. Between February 20th and April 11th, 2017, police recorded 700 visitors to Bruns’ apartment.
When police attacked Bruns and Burkeland, and other addresses, they found hidden cash, drugs, guns, ammunition, and stun guns.
Police said the pair bought at least 15 kg of methamphetamine from Auckland suppliers in kilolots and sold it with an estimated profit of $ 1.57 million.
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William Alan Burkeland recently celebrated his 50th birthday in prison. (File photo)
Burkeland was sentenced to 12 years and 9 months in prison.
Police demanded that the pair’s assets be confiscated. Vehicles and property on Roberts Street in Tawa were owned by someone else’s name.
“These assets are valued at about $ 1 million,” Judge David Gendall said in a judgment in Wellington’s High Court.
NZPOLICE / Staff
Wellington police seized drugs, cash, weapons and vehicles in the April 11, 2017 attacks on Polylua and Tawa.
There were several vehicles each in Brance and Burkland. The most expensive was the 1957 Ford for $ 10,539, but also included the 1967 Chevrolet Impala, the 1984 Pontiac Firebird, the 1977 Triumph Motorcycle, and the 2003 Mercedes-Benz E240. I did.
The sale of Roberts Cent’s real estate has earned over $ 145,000.
Brance and Burkland reached an agreement with police on the confiscated property, and the court approved the settlement.
Police said they were unaware of other assets that could have been confiscated and sold.