Queenstown drugs bust
Eight people have been charged after police seized drugs, cash and firearms in a series of raids in Queenstown and Dunedin yesterday.
The Southern District Police Organised Crime Unit executed six warrants and confiscated a "significant quantity" of MDMA, cocaine, cannabis, methamphetamine and LSD, along with more than $50,000 cash and illegal firearms.
The eight people arrested are aged between 25 and 35 and face a raft of charges related to the supply of drugs and firearms related offences.
They are due to appear in the Dunedin and Queenstown District Courts in due course.
Detective Senior Sergeant Nik Leigh says the arrests and seizures are the result of ongoing investigations across the district and city into organised crime and drug dealing.
"The six separate warrants focused on significant drug dealing activity which have contributed to harm within the community.
"The arrests should serve as a warning to organised crime groups or anyone involved in the possession of drugs to supply.
"The Organised Crime Unit work are dedicated to disrupting this illegal activity which causes significant social harm, and holding those involved to account."
