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Don't blame the crane for a meth-addled death dive
Only in New Zealand could we seriously consider removing a historic crane from the Wellington waterfront because one meth addled man made the idiotic…
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Taxpayer-Funded meth dens
Kāinga Ora lets junkies trash homes for free
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A dead child, a methed-out driver, and $10,000 in Givealittle money
Yesterday, I wrote about how Givealittle has devolved into what might as well be called Griftalittle, a platform where accountability takes a back seat…
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Meth, markets and mistakes
The dark net fallout of NZ's pseudoephedrine ban
Gangs responsible for a third of meth sales in Aotearoa
With greater control in some regions
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Massive coke bust off Aussie coast
In a major sting that’d make any crim sweat, Aussie cops have pulled in a whopper drug haul worth more than half a billy from a boat cruising off the…
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Meth, social media fuel east coast gang violence
Not turf war
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Busted at the bay
$60 Million worth of cocaine found at Port of Tauranga
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"I was just an innocent farmhand!"
Drug mule’s fairy tale fails in court (again)
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Worker finds $30 Million of cocaine in shipping container
He might have just put a target on his head
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Fei Wei: From business blunders to drug lord in bathrobes
Fei Wei, a mum with a previously spotless record, had no idea her business troubles would land her smack in the middle of New Zealand's meth world.
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Vietnamese syndicates quietly take over New Zealand's cannabis trade
In recent years, Vietnamese criminal networks have become a dominant force in New Zealand’s commercial cannabis trade.
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