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An Auckland methamphetamine cook who made more than $1 million worth of the drug for gangs has been given one of the longest sentences ever for the crime.
Christian Clifton, 48, was caught in 2009 making methamphetamine, or P, while he was on parole after serving an earlier sentence for importing and making the drug.
He admitted cooking the drug on 10 occasions and in March this year, while out on bail awaiting sentence, was also found cooking more in a shipping container near Wellsford, north of Auckland.
He was sentenced in Auckland District Court on Wednesday to life in prison with a non-parole period of 10 years.
It is believed to be the first life sentence dished out by a district court.
Police Operation Royale caught Clifton manufacturing 1.3kg of P in west Auckland in 2009 and supplying it to a network of buyers, including gang members.
Methamphetamine retails for about $10,000 to $12,000 per ounce (28 grams) and prosecutor Daniel Robinson said Clifton was able to produce 2 to 2.5 ounces of methamphetamine per 1000 pellets of the precursor Contact NT, so he was classed as "quite a good cook".
Operation Royale saw 12 people convicted on drugs charges.
NZN