Open Justice reporter·NZ Herald·17 Sep, 2026 07:00 AM6 mins to readHusband and wife Lechuan Zhu, 36, and Yanan Tang, 33, have been sentenced for smuggling illegal cigarettes. Photo / Composite / CustomsThe day after Australian citizen Lechuan Zhu touched down in New Zealand, he set about building his black-market cigarette empire, importing and selling cheap, untaxed, unregulated smokes. Two years later, his wife, Chinese national Yanan Tang, sold her beauty shop in Australia and came to New Zealand to assist
Lechuan Zhu and Yanan Tang jailed for importing 2.5m black market cigarettes
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