Two men have been arrested after West Coast Police found three firearms, a cannabis grow room, drug paraphernalia and stolen property.
As part of a pre-planned operation, two warrants were executed in the Hokitika area about 7:30am on Wednesday (27 August).
Police located three firearms, a cannabis grow room, dried cannabis, utensils for cannabis and methamphetamine, and stolen property.
“Taking more guns off the streets is a win for our whole community,” says Senior Sergeant Brent Cook, West Coast Response Manager.
“Unfortunately, where we find drug operations, we often find guns, which are both damaging to the West Coast public.
“Police will continue to shut down grow operations wherever we find them.
“These arrests continue on from good Police work earlier in the week, where officers seized over 100 cannabis plants, a firearm and ammunition in Cobden.
“It’s also been great to get stolen property back to its owner.”
A 61-year-old man is due to appear on charges of cultivating and procuring/ possessing cannabis, burglary, possession of methamphetamine utensils, receiving stolen property, and possession of restricted weapon.
A 33-year-old man is due to appear on charges of burglary, receiving stolen property, procuring cannabis, and possession of a cannabis utensil.
Both are due to appear in Greymouth District Court on 3 September.
Legalise it out take all this away from it. Keeping cannabis illegal is keeping people like this connected to it. WHEN WILL THE POLICE LEARN THIS?
The poolice is not learning.
The police corporation is there to stabilize the system.
The system tries to fend off democracy because of self-preservation priciples.
The lying lame-steam media is/was one tool of the preservation.
However, the preserve is going moldy and rotten. And it will become increasingly hard for demockery to pull wool over the sheeples eyes.
At any rate, who t f is govt to tell humans what they can and cannot grow in their backyard?
And weapons? D’oh! Guess you get that when leaving that trade with the gangs.
The question of de-criminalization arises only BECAUSE sticky-beak govt made growing a crime in the first place.
As long as the cops get free weed and meth from these operations, they have no incentive to change anything.
Many years ago we got busted by the Takapuna Drug Squad. They confiscated our plants. When we received the evidence images the plants had been almost plucked clean. Funny that.