Vic: Mokbel brother jailed after admitting drug trafficking charge

AAP General News (Australia)
12-03-2007
Vic: Mokbel brother jailed after admitting drug trafficking charge

A brother of former fugitive drug baron TONY MOKBEL has been jailed for three years
.. after pleading guilty to drug trafficking.

45-year-old KABALAN MOKBEL was arrested in Melbourne in April 2003 .. after detectives
found a stash of methamphetamine in his car.

MOKBEL appeared by video-link from prison before the Victorian County Court today.

Judge PHILIP COISH sentenced MOKBEL to three years in prison .. and ordered he serve
a minimum of two years.

His brother TONY'S in a Greek jail awaiting extradition to Australia .. after skipping
the country last year near the end of his trial for trafficking cocaine.

He was subsequently sentenced in his absence to up to 12 years jail.

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KEYWORD: MOKBEL (MELBOURNE)

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