New Zealand / Regional

Arrests in Tauranga drugs operation

09:49 am on 27 November 2014

Police have arrested 20 people in a drugs operation in Tauranga which followed a month-long investigation.

Methamphetamine seized by police in a separate raid earlier this year in Northland. Photo: NZ POLICE

Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Turner said charges faced by those arrested relate to dealing, supplying and possession of methamphetamine and cannabis.

He said a total of 60 grams of methamphetamine, 25 ounces of cannabis and a large amount of stolen property had been recovered.