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Eight arrested after police drugs probe

Five men and three women have been arrested after police raids on Pukekohe and Hunua properties last month.

Coroner: Haim died of pneumonia complications

Actor Corey Haim died from pneumonia complicated by an enlarged heart and narrowed blood vessels, while drugs found in his system played no role in his death.

Son's sentence 'adequate'

Ketamine to be illegal

Maf manager jailed over drug ring

Smugglers' high-tech tricks

EUROPE: Traffickers mixing cocaine with plastic to make innocent-looking goods for shipment.

Is that a candle - or a consignment of cocaine?

Cocaine smugglers are literally turning the drug into innocent-looking plasticware and candles - the latest trick to fool customs officers.

15 appear in court after massive drugs bust

Fifteen men arrested on drugs charges have been remanded on bail until next month.

P dealer hands himself in to police

It's Cannabis & Co - cops

An indoor gardening chain would not have made a profit if it hadn't knowingly supplied equipment and advice to cannabis growers, police say.

Bust 'breaks cornerstone' of cannabis industry

Today's drug bust of hundreds on mainly cannabis related charges sends a strong message to the illegal drug industry, Police Minister Judith Collins says.

Planned P ingredients law 'clashes with Bill of Rights'

Names of drug-case duo secret for now

Police storm, seize gang headquarters

Police crackdown on secondhand dealers

Police have seized cash, drugs, guns, electronic equipment and about $300,000 of watches in an operation targeting secondhand dealers.