A 44-year-old former Southland rugby representative's history of playing catch and release with the law has again resulted in his arrest.
Pita William Hapurona Wilson, stonemason, of Invercargill, twice appeared in the Christchurch District Court via audiovisual link yesterday following his arrest on Sunday.
Police were searching for Wilson when they found a suspected car-boot meth lab at the Ashford Motor Lodge in Papanui Rd, Christchurch.
Wilson appeared on a charge of unlawful possession of a firearm, a pump-action shotgun, and unlawful possession of six shotgun cartridges before being remanded to appear again in the afternoon, when he applied for bail.