Cops found a whopping $11,250 in cocaine, $16,500 in ecstasy, and $2820 cold hard cash.
Graham’s high-flying career took a nosedive when he swapped mortgages for breaking the law, earning big bucks in the drug trade for 14 months until he was caught.
Graham’s been on home detention at a Dunedin address for five months, after his bid for name suppression got thrown out by Judge Russell Walker. He filed an appeal in the High Court, but eventually gave it up.
In 2020, Graham was the toast of the town, considered one of the year’s ‘young guns’ in the finance world. His then-boss called him an ‘inspiration’. Little did they know he was inspiring a drug empire.
Police say Graham was flogging cocaine for up to $400 a gram and ecstasy for $300. His LinkedIn shows he quit his legit job right after his arrest. His drug career started after high school with cannabis, then later turned to cocaine and ecstasy.
Queenstown and central Auckland are drowning in cocaine, thanks to motorcycle gangs and overseas cartels. Wastewater tests show these areas top the cocaine consumption charts, while meth remains NZ’s number one drug demon.
