A former doctor struck off for prescribing large amounts of a common cold medicine used to make the drug P has been charged with receiving a stolen van for scrap metal.
Rhys Cullen was deregistered by the Health Practitioners Disciplinary Tribunal in October 2007 for professional misconduct for over-prescribing 80,000 tablets of Sudomyl, which contains pseudoephedrine, the main ingredient in P.
The former Papakura GP said the tablets were part of a research project, but the tribunal found the amount of drugs he was prescribing was inappropriate.
Cullen later became a director of several scrap metal dealers in Auckland. Cash 4 Scrap is now in liquidation.
The Herald understands Manukau detectives last week executed a search warrant on Tamaki Metals, of which Cullen is sole director, and allegedly found a stolen van.
Cullen has been charged with one count of receiving stolen goods, with co-accused Clayton Rogers.
They will appear in the Manukau District Court on August 5.
The arrests were separate from Operation Beryl.
Struck-off GP faces charge
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