Napier Drug Dealer Pleads Guilty to Multiple Drug-Related Offenses

Kevan Darryl Salisbury, a long-standing drug dealer in Napier, has pleaded guilty to a series of drug-related charges, marking a significant legal milestone in his criminal history. The plea was entered in a recent court hearing, with sentencing scheduled for October.

Salisbury admitted to offering to sell methamphetamine on 19 separate occasions, with known quantities totaling 32.75 grams. He also confessed to offering to supply the party drug fantasy in liquid form at least 11 times, with known quantities totaling 3.18 liters. The charges against him include supplying and offering to supply methamphetamine, supplying and offering to supply fantasy, and possession of a home-made taser.

The court heard that police obtained phone data from January 1 to March 1, 2025, which revealed evidence of numerous drug offers. A police raid on Salisbury's Napier home on April 2, 2025, uncovered further incriminating evidence, including 3 grams of methamphetamine, cannabis, a home-made taser, methamphetamine utensils, and a slug gun. Salisbury refused to provide the pin for his cellphone, which police believe would have provided further evidence of his drug dealings.

Salisbury admitted to a range of offenses, including supplying methamphetamine, offering to supply meth, possessing meth, supplying fantasy, offering to supply fantasy, possessing cannabis, possessing a restricted weapon, possessing drug utensils, and failing to comply with a search.

This is not Salisbury’s first encounter with the law. His criminal history includes a 10-month home detention in 2010 for commercial cultivation of cannabis, and a two-year and two-month prison sentence in 2015 for cultivating cannabis, offering to sell cannabis oil, and assaulting his partner. These previous convictions highlight a pattern of drug-related offenses and domestic violence.

With the evidence gathered from the raid and the phone data, the prosecution has presented a compelling case against Salisbury, who now faces the possibility of further incarceration. His sentencing in October will determine the severity of the punishment he receives for these latest offenses.

This case underscores the ongoing challenges faced by law enforcement in combating drug trafficking in the region, and the need for continued efforts to disrupt such networks.