Mr Saipaini’s friend was at the top of the pyramid, Mr Fernandez said.
The Canberra kingpin would organise, through another Canberra contact, the drugs from Sydney.
He had drivers pick up the drugs from Sydney for $500 per journey, the court heard.
There were, Mr Fernandez said, substantial amounts of drugs and money involved.
The alleged victim, the prosecutor said, had started by selling a 1/2 pound of cannabis per week and escalated to more than 30 pounds per week.
The drugs were often sold on “tick”, which meant the dealers would receive the drugs and pay for them later, after they had been sold.
Around November 2016, the Canberra kingpin told the alleged victim that he was in significant debt to his Sydney contacts. The man, who the co…
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