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Queanbeyan court sentences Luke Drever, 40, and Kevin Reilly, 41, to jail for taking part in large meth lab operation near Canberra

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Updated May 31 2022 - 11:56am, first published 4:30am
Some of the equipment seized from a meth lab in Harolds Cross, south-east of Canberra. Inset: Luke Drever, one of the offenders. Pictures: NSW Police, Facebook
Some of the equipment seized from a meth lab in Harolds Cross, south-east of Canberra. Inset: Luke Drever, one of the offenders. Pictures: NSW Police, Facebook

A drug cooker's claim that his prison friends coerced him into taking part in a large-scale drug lab near Canberra to produce methylamphetamine oil worth up to $159 million has been rejected, as he was sentenced to nearly 10 years' jail.

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Toby Vue

Court reporter

Toby Vue joined The Canberra Times in April 2021 and is a court reporter after covering the round in NSW and Queensland. He has also reported on regional and rural affairs, local government and sport. He was a Sunday Canberra Times reporter. Email: t.vue@canberratimes.com.au.

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