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Elite school head boy jailed for meth trafficking in New Zealand

  • Written by Jeni

A former head boy and student rugby standout who was once considered a hot prospect for professional rugby with the Blues in New Zealand has been sentenced for his part in a large-scale Comancheros-run methamphetamine supply scheme.

Justice Neil Campbell ordered Lemeki Namoa – described by his lawyer as a “golden boy” who became vulnerable to bad influences after his lifelong dream started to falter – to serve 12 months of home detention, the NZ Herald reports.

Just five years earlier, Namoa had been earning praise as captain of Sacred Heart College’s First XV rugby team and head prefect at the prestigious Auckland school.

The praise continued after school, and in 2019 the outside back was named the Blues’ development player of the year.

Read the full report here.

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