Detective Damien Espinosa who is a Senior Sergeant with the New Zealand Police has told the Suva High Court today that according to CCTV footage, Joshua and his father Talat Rahman were seen walking with a bag containing cash on 9th December 2018.
This is in relation to Rahman's $31 million drug trial where he was allegedly found in possession of 39.5kg of cocaine in Caubati on the 14th of February 2019.
Sergeant Espinosa said they believe the cash was from the sale of methamphetamine and the bag was eventually handed over to an individual known as Hui Wang.
He says this was the first consignment of methamphetamine which was imported from the US while the second consignment was intercepted by New Zealand's customs department.
Espinosa says Wang and another individual known as Timu who Talat had met earlier, later pleaded guilty to importing methamphetamine.
He also informed the court that the phone Talat was using prior to his arrest was later being used by his son Joshua Rahman.
When asked by Rahman's lawyer, Devanesh Sharma if there is any evidence of Joshua Rahman using the phone, Espinosa said they did not locate the phone with Rahman but according to their investigations he was using it.
Espinosa is the last state witness.
Joshua Rahman will give evidence in court tomorrow.
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