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A police raid on a rural property in New Plymouth resulted in three arrests when a methamphetamine laboratory was uncovered.
Police raided the property on Carrington Rd, on Wednesday morning.
Detective Sergeant Greg Gray said a 40-year-old man arrested there had been on the run from police since July 2, when another lab was discovered at an Okato address.
Another man and a woman were also caught at the address, he told the Taranaki Daily News.
A 40-year-old man and a 43-year-old woman later appeared before Judge John Cadenhead in New Plymouth District Court and were remanded.
Another 40-year-old man from New Plymouth will appear today.
- NZPA