Patricia and Shanese Koullias. He was arrested in February 2019 as the mastermind of a drug syndicate police allege had traded in $17 million of drugs including MDMA, ecstasy, LSD and amphetamines. His co-offenders, 24-year-old Shanese Koullias and her sister Patricia Koullias, 22, are also awaiting sentencing for their roles in the syndicate including supplying prohibited drugs. Ward told the court he was "quite severely" bullied at school, agreeing with his barrister Kieran Ginges' suggestion he had been "obese" and a "social outcast". Patricia and Shanese Koullias are both due to be sentenced on Friday.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 26, 2020 07:18 UTC