Japanese couple jailed in NZealand for drug smuggling

Japanese couple jailed in NZealand for drug smuggling: "Japanese couple who helped smuggle almost six kilograms (13.2 pounds) of methamphetamine into New Zealand were jailed for seven and a half years on Tuesday.
Takako and Kazuhiko Takiguchi both pleaded guilty in the Auckland High Court to drug importing and conspiracy charges relating to a methamphetamine seizure at Auckland airport last November, NZPA news agency reported.
Prosecutors estimated the drugs, one of New Zealand's largest methamphetamine hauls last year, had a street value of six million dollars (4.6 million US).
Judge Ailsa Duffy said that Kazuhiko, 40 and Takako, 32, had faced up to 16 years in jail for their offences, but she discounted their sentences for a number of reasons, including early guilty pleas.
Duffy set a non-parole period of three years and nine months."