In Depth

Drug kingpin gets long jail spell over 'misery' trade on Border

By District Court
Updated July 26 2020 - 10:43pm, first published May 28 2020 - 4:00am
Mahmoud El-Zayat with his former partner Claudette Tannous. El-Zayat will remain behind bars until at least late 2024 over the large-scale supply of methamphetamine in Albury-Wodonga.
Mahmoud El-Zayat with his former partner Claudette Tannous. El-Zayat will remain behind bars until at least late 2024 over the large-scale supply of methamphetamine in Albury-Wodonga.

A man who headed a significant Border methamphetamine syndicate initiated to pay-off his girlfriend's drug debts has been handed an 8 1/2-year jail sentence.

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