Two Comancheros associates sentenced in drug syndicate case

Tuesday 16 December 2025 · 2 outlets · 2 reports · updated Tue 16 Dec 2025, 6:00pm

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Dementry Higgins and Kayden Kelvin Wikaira have been sentenced for their involvement in a multi-million-dollar drug operation. The two men were part of a Comancheros gang group arrested in August 2024 during Operation Avon. They are the first of many alleged offenders from the syndicate to face sentencing.

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1. The PressTue 16 Dec 2025, 3:49pm

   Youngest members of life-ruining ‘criminal enterprise’ first to be sentenced (opens in new tab)

2. NZ HeraldTue 16 Dec 2025, 6:00pm

   Young Comancheros drug couriers Dementry Higgins and Kayden Kelvin Wikaira sentenced (opens in new tab)