$17,000 fine for smuggling
PA Auckland' A Remuera company' director who smuggled, goods worth $24,200 into New ..Zealand, giving false names to airport officials, I was fined $17,900 when he. appeared in the District Court at Auckland yester-i day. ■ ( . Before Judge H. Y. Gil-; liand was Clive Lawrence. Ilich, aged 37, who earlier; had admitted committing six] offences in March and April i of smuggling electrical gear( and. a gold and diamond: ring. • i;
I ; The Judge also ordered i Ilich to pay $5O solicitor’s 'fees on each charge. He said ..it was a substantial penalty, > meant to reflect the seriousness of this type of offence. I It had been repetitive, deliberate, calculated offending. Smuggling had always Traditionally attracted a high (penalty, he said. The counsel for Ilich (Mr iP. R. Butcher) said repetiition of the offences was unlikely. Ilich wanted to make la fresh start in New Zealand, he said. The total duty i evaded was more than :$6OOO.
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