A P dealer could have brought more than $650,000 worth of the drug to Blenheim during the past year, police say.
Sergeant Graham Single said police had estimated how much methamphetamine the dealer had brought to Blenheim based on the amount he was carrying when he was caught at Nelson Airport.
Dallas Edward Oran Shave, 29, admitted possessing, dealing and supplying methamphetamine (also known as P), possession of utensils for consuming methamphetamine and possession of cannabis, when he appeared in the Blenheim District Court.
Mr Single said in court that Shave had 25.1 grams of methamphetamine, with a street value of up to $31,000, in a sealed plastic bag in his vest pocket when he was arrested at Nelson Airport after a flight from Auckland on March 19.
If Shave had been carrying a similar amount each of the 19 times he had come back to Blenheim, he would have carried drugs with a total street value of $684,000, Mr Single said.
Police who searched Shave's luggage also found a glass pipe, a small quantity of cannabis head, two wallets with two different driver's licences and white residue in a glasses case.
Police had been tracking Shave since he was released from prison in June 2009. He had been visiting Auckland regularly to buy the drug from a well-known manufacturer, Mr Single said.
Shave was remanded in custody to July 20 for sentencing.
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