Glen Andersen found guilty
NZPA Sydney A Sydney jury has found Glen Hans Andersen, formerly of Auckland, guilty of supplying heroin. Andersen, aged 28, described in court as an unemployed seaman, was remanded in custody to May 4 for sentence. He had pleaded not guilty. The police told the Court' that the heroin, found in a Darlinghurst flat rented by Andersen under his de facto wife’s name, had a street value of sAustl3s,ooo. Earlier, the police told
the Court that once the heroin had been found, Andersen had told them that if he said where the drug came from he would have his hands cut off. Yesterday, Andersen denied making the statements and accused the police of making them up, pointing to the lack of any signed documents. The police said that Andersen had been in Australia since 1976, and until 1979 had worked as a seaman. From 1979 until his arrest on March 24, 1980, he was unemployed.
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