Gambling addict involved in $100 million cocaine bust linked to Mexican cartel jailed for 14 years

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 However, she said he had committed the offence for significant financial gain, and his role indicated that a high a degree of trust had been placed in him by those higher up in the criminal organisation.

Judge Tovey described the plan as a large-scale drug operation and said if the cocaine had been distributed in the community, it would have caused significant harm.

Chen will have to serve 12 years and 6 months of his 14-and-a-half year sentence before he can be released.

The sentence was backdated to the time of his arrest in January last year, meaning he will first be eligible for parole in 2035.

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