A “naive, vulnerable” woman has been jailed after her son brought her into an international drug syndicate responsible for importing more than a tonne of drugs into New Zealand. Ramos Mazuela, from Chile, was arrested, alongside her son, as part of an eight-month police operation called Operation Mystic. On Friday at the High Court at Auckland, Justice Grant Powell sentenced Ramos Mazuela to 11 and a half years imprisonment. READ MORE:* Operation Mystic: Man wanted in NZ arrested in Australia in connection to drug ring* Operation Mystic: Alleged 'mastermind' of international drug syndicate denies involvement* Chilean woman admits importing meth, MDMA as part of international drug syndicate* Man admits part in international drug syndicate importing meth, cocaine into NZ* Auckland man jailed for part in international syndicate that imported a tonne of drugs* Chilean man admits importing drugs as part of international syndicateShe was part of an international syndicate that imported drugs worth up to $5 million. After Alarcon Ramos became the “primary storeman”, he used his mother, Ramos Mazuela, to assist as a “storewoman”.

Source: Stuff July 01, 2021 23:37 UTC