Police have restrained more than $1.2 million worth of property after an operation targeting the manufacture and supply of methamphetamine in Northland.
Nine people were arrested in July during a four-day police operation, code-named Operation Nortiate.
As part of the operation, more than 150 police staff raided nine properties throughout Northland, including in Wheki Valley, Hukerenui, Helena Bay, Raumanga and Puwera.
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This month two of those properties in Wheki Valley, where firearms and drugs were found, were restrained by High Court orders under the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act, police said in a statement today.