{"id":423695,"date":"2026-05-12T09:55:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T09:55:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/423695\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T09:55:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T09:55:09","slug":"drug-kingpin-madison-fraser-webb-pulled-family-into-syndicate-ubered-firearm-to-hamilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/423695\/","title":{"rendered":"Drug kingpin Madison Fraser-Webb pulled family into syndicate, Ubered firearm to Hamilton"},"content":{"rendered":"

At one point, the family treated themselves to a cruise and bought assets<\/a>, including vehicles, for their efforts.<\/p>\n

Fraser-Webb\u2019s primary school teacher aunt, Debbie Maree Readhead, stored $400,000 on his behalf, while another associate, Barbara Shadbolt, 63, helped sell and source drugs.<\/p>\n

Fraser-Webb also had an Auckland co-defendant Uber large amounts of cocaine, P, LSD, and MDMA to his various rental properties. On one occasion, a firearm was also sent down via Uber.<\/p>\n

Fraser-Webb and his family appeared in the Hamilton District Court today for sentencing on a variety of charges before Judge Glen Marshall. <\/p>\n

\u2018Crypto\u2019 and his Uber drug operation<\/p>\n

Police launched Operation Hurricane on January 1, 2024.<\/p>\n

The following month, and after receiving a threat from a member of the Head Hunter gang for 25% of a $2 million profit he had made, Fraser-Webb bought a pistol for $8000.<\/p>\n

It was then Ubered to his Hamilton house from Auckland.<\/p>\n

Upon receiving it, Fraser-Webb told his co-defendant he was \u201ca bit scared to open the package\u201d as the firearm was loaded.<\/p>\n

Family members created cryptocurrency accounts on Binance, KuCoin, Coinbase, and Easy Crypto on Fraser-Webb\u2019s behalf.<\/p>\n

Text messages between the family showed he would instruct them to send money into specific accounts.<\/p>\n

Multiple \u201cseed phrases\u201d were found at his mother\u2019s property, including login details for his rental property.<\/p>\n

Analysis found $70,175 was received from unknown sources, with $15,200 deposited into Ann Fraser\u2019s account, while Cheyanne Fraser used a small portion to pay for his rent.<\/p>\n

Police searched his Prescott Place, Hamilton property on July 22, 2024, and found a laptop, various cellphones, two fake NZ driver\u2019s licences, along with 236g of cannabis, 13 MDMA pills, packets of oxycodone, two small snaplock bags of meth, and other medication.<\/p>\n

Fraser-Webb supplied, or offered to supply, about 625.5g of meth, 156g of cocaine, 200g of MDMA, 1.307 litres of GBL, 16.42 ounces of cannabis, and unknown quantities of ketamine and oxycodone to others.<\/p>\n

Texts revealed he talked with a co-defendant about arranging to make 110,000 tabs of LSD, and went to another associate\u2019s house to \u201cwash\u201d 1kg of meth for sale.<\/p>\n

Fraser-Webb also discussed selling \u201cat least\u201d 4kg of cocaine.<\/p>\n

When police terminated the operation and searched the homes of the defendants, they uncovered a raft of drugs, pills, firearm ammunition, drug utensils, a coffee cart trailer, and cash.<\/p>\n

As well as his key role in the crime syndicate, Fraser-Webb ordered various electronic devices from PB Technologies\u2019 website between April and June 2024 using fake identities and credit cards he wasn\u2019t the owner of, totalling $10,772.63.<\/p>\n

\u2018It\u2019s not a major meth-dealing operation\u2019<\/p>\n

Crown Solicitor Jacinda Hamilton said Fraser Webb was driven by financial gain and labelled it a large-scale, drug-dealing operation that saw him make $2m in profit.<\/p>\n

Fraser-Webb\u2019s counsel, Bill Nabney, said while his client accepted his leading role in the operation, he disagreed with the Crown that 625g of meth was a lot.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith all due respect, it\u2019s not a lot. It\u2019s not a major methamphetamine-dealing operation,\u201d he told Judge Marshall.<\/p>\n

He did accept it was a commercial operation, but he urged the judge to step back and look at the \u201coverall context of a 10-month operation\u201d.<\/p>\n

As for the $2m profit, Nabney said there was no evidence of that, and it was simply an estimate by police.<\/p>\n

Nabney added that one of his client\u2019s biggest regrets had been getting his family involved.<\/p>\n

He was also relieved at getting caught, as the bigger the drug-dealing syndicate became, the more drugs he used.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis drug addiction was getting out of control.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has accepted the profound effect he has had on others, including his family … and the harm that these pernicious drugs cause.\u201d<\/p>\n

Judge Marshall took a starting point of 18 years\u2019 jail, and applied discounts for his plea, section 27 and background factors, and the impact of a jail term on his young child.<\/p>\n

\" Ann Fraser, 58, left, and her daughter, Cheyanne Fraser, outside the Hamilton District Court today before being sentenced on various charges. Photo \/ Belinda Feek<\/p>\n

He jailed Fraser-Webb for 11 years and eight months on 39 charges, and ordered him to serve a minimum non-parole period of 45% or five years and three months.<\/p>\n

\u2018She has a real deep sense of regret\u2019<\/p>\n

Cheyanne Fraser\u2019s counsel, Scott McKenna, pushed for pleas totalling 45%, taking into account her pleas, previous good character, remorse, and personal circumstances, particularly the impact of sentencing on her children. <\/p>\n

\u201cShe has shown a real commitment to her family,\u201d he said, explaining that she had helped in the care of other family members\u2019 children.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat really has brought home a real deep sense of regret,\u201d McKenna said of the impact of her offending on the children. <\/p>\n

On charges of participating in an organised criminal group, conspiring to supply LSD, and two charges of money laundering, Judge Marshall sentenced Fraser to 12 months\u2019 supervision and five months\u2019 community detention.<\/p>\n

\u2018She thought she was making good decisions\u2019<\/p>\n

Ann Fraser had earlier admitted two charges of money laundering.<\/p>\n

She had given $5000 to co-accused Readhead as payment to look after $400,000, while she had laundered $15,200 through her personal bank account.<\/p>\n

Fraser had also made cash pick-ups and drop-offs from Readhead\u2019s property.<\/p>\n

Hamilton said Fraser was responsible for laundering $474,000, which required a level of sophistication.<\/p>\n

Her offending was also motivated by financial gain.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe defendant\u2019s role was fairly significant,\u201d Hamilton told the judge.<\/p>\n

Her counsel, Lisa Davis, said she was \u201cextremely remorseful for the situation that her and her family have found themselves in\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe at the time thought that she was making good decisions in support of her son and other children, however, looking back now, she does accept that those decisions may have been bad.\u201d<\/p>\n

Judge Marshall allowed discounts, including 5% for her personal circumstances, accepting that she would have been vulnerable at the time due to the death of her husband.<\/p>\n

Ann Fraser was sentenced to 12 months\u2019 supervision and five months\u2019 supervision.<\/p>\n

\u2018She\u2019s got health issues\u2019<\/p>\n

Barbara Shadbolt admitted charges of participating in an organised criminal group, supplying P, oxycodone, LSD, cannabis, and cocaine, and possession of utensils.<\/p>\n

Her counsel, Russell Boot, urged the judge to hand down a sentence of home detention due to her various health issues. <\/p>\n

She was also due to have a heart operation this month.<\/p>\n

Judge Marshall agreed and sentenced her to 12 months\u2019 home detention.<\/p>\n

\u2018She was only holding onto the money\u2019<\/p>\n

Readhead, through her counsel, Philip Cornege, tried unsuccessfully for a Section 106 discharge without conviction on a representative charge of money laundering.<\/p>\n

Cornege submitted his client was \u201cnaive\u201d and only held on to the money until the co-defendants asked for it back. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat she did do was hold on to some money for her nephew.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her naivety also led to the unravelling of Fraser-Webb\u2019s operation as when she was spoken to by police, she told them of the $400,000 she had been asked to store on his behalf by his mother and sister.<\/p>\n

She said she was given $5000 by Ann Fraser, spent $8000 of the cash, and that Fraser-Webb\u2019s money was used to fund a family cruise.<\/p>\n

He had also paid for a $20,000 coffee cart trailer.<\/p>\n

Cornege said the impact of a money-laundering conviction would not only impact his client\u2019s ability to get a mortgage, but also for her to retain her teaching certificate.<\/p>\n

He said the Teachers Council would likely take a more \u201clenient approach\u201d if she did not have a conviction.<\/p>\n

But Hamilton said she was not naive, more \u201cwilfully blind\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe knew Mr Fraser-Webb was involved in drugs when she was asked to look after the money.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was prepared to accept an assurance that it was not, but she did so … [but] felt incredibly uncomfortable about it.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was not merely holding this money without any commercial return to herself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hamilton pointed to the $5000 fee for storing the cash, the $20,000 coffee cart trailer, a further $8000 cash, and that she went on the family holiday.<\/p>\n

Judge Marshall said Readhead was the custodian of a very large sum of money and found that she was \u201cat least wilfully blind\u201d. <\/p>\n

He accepted she had no previous convictions and had been a contributor to her community throughout her life and working career, and was unlikely to reoffend.<\/p>\n

However, he declined her application, and instead convicted her and sentenced her to three months\u2019 community detention.<\/p>\n

Belinda Feek is an Open Justice reporter based in Waikato. She has worked at NZME for 11 years and has been a journalist for 22.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At one point, the family treated themselves to a cruise and bought assets, including vehicles, for their efforts.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":423696,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[665,18287,3401,1757,2550,2109,29052,47117,15226,217368,13988,6288,5838,189081,296,2205,156314,13739,45076,124141,4754,111,43,139,69,217371,26525,1262,61,217369,217372,13797,217370],"class_list":["post-423695","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-around","tag-distribution","tag-drug","tag-drugs","tag-even","tag-family","tag-fellow","tag-ferry","tag-firearm","tag-fraserwebb","tag-gains","tag-hamilton","tag-help","tag-illgotten","tag-into","tag-involved","tag-kingpin","tag-largescale","tag-launder","tag-madison","tag-members","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-ofdrugs","tag-pulled","tag-syndicate","tag-to","tag-ubered","tag-ubers","tag-used","tag-waikatobased"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423695","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=423695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/423695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/423696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=423695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=423695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=423695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}