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$50m meth bust TWO MEN have been arrested after a two-week joint police and customs operation, which saw 49kg of methamphetamine with a street value of $50 million seized in Christchurch. Police discovered the drugs as part of Operation Grandeur and said it was the largest seizure of methamphetamine in the South Island. The drugs arrived into the city in an airfreight consignment sent from Mexico on November 1, concealed in a shipment of safety lights. There were 40 separate packages of about 1-1.2kg each, which have yet to be further forensically examined to determine the exact weight of the product. Police said the seizure has prevented $60.71 million of additional community harm. Search warrants were executed at a number of addresses in Christchurch and Auckland. Two Christchurch men
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HUGE HAUL: Methamphetamine seized by police as part of Operation Grandeur. were arrested and appeared in the district court yesterday facing charges of importing a class A drug, and possession of methamphetamine for supply. Both were remanded in custody to reappear on Monday. Detective Inspector Corrie Parnell said if the drugs had made it on to the street, they would have caused “significant harm”, not just in Canterbury, but across the country. “Methamphetamine is a destructive drug that wrecks lives, breaks down whanau and negatively
impacts on our community. It takes enforcement and a whole-of-Government approach, along with education, to reduce demand and victimisation caused by this drug,” he said. Detective Inspector Parnell said drug use is a driver of numerous other crimes. “Unfortunately, the demand for illegal drugs is fed by those who are addicted and interventions are required in order to help these people limit the harm they are causing to themselves and others.”
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