Gang patch and drugs charges - Queenstown
Police have charged an alleged gang member with suppling cocaine, ecstasy and cannabis plants after a raid in Queenstown.
Officers executed a search warrant at a local address at around 9am yesterday morning, Friday, 18 July, where the 40-year-old man was located and taken into custody without incident.
He was charged with a number of illicit drug related offences, and also one count of breaching the Gangs Act 2024 after allegedly wearing gang insignia in public in June 2025.
He appeared in Queenstown District Court yesterday and was remanded in custody, with his next court date in Invercargill District Court on Tuesday, 29 July.
"Police works hard to disrupt the supply of drugs as we see first-hand what serious impact and harm it has on our community everyday," Sergeant Sam Oram, of Queenstown Police, says.
"For our efforts to be most effective, we need the support of the public, which is why we ask people to contact us to report unlawful activity through 105 or anonymously through Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111."
