28 August 2016 – Author: Toby Crockford – Source: Brisbane Times Police have charged a man with producing drugs after what is thought to be a methamphetamine lab was discovered in Gladstone Central on Saturday. A Central Lane unit was searched by Gladstone police about 9am and it will be alleged glassware and chemicals associated with the production […]
7 June 2016 – Author: Leighton Keith – Source: Stuff.co.nz A grandmother who discovered her New Plymouth home was contaminated with methamphetamine wants testing for the drug to be made mandatory when properties change hands. Kerryanne Hopkins bought her two bedroom unit on Frankley Rd in October 2015. The 49-year-old carried out renovations and planned to sell it for a small profit. […]
24 August 2016 – Source: stuff.co.nz Police have seized a haul of methamphetamine worth up to $4 million after raiding a house in rural Rodney, north Auckland. Waitemata field crime manager Detective Inspector Hayden Mander said following a month-long investigation police raided an address in Kaukapakapa and arrested a 48-year-old man. About three to four kilograms […]
24 August 2016 – Author: Henrietta Cook – Source: The Age Most Australians remember him as the friendly giraffe who pulled into their school in the Life Education van to talk about healthy eating. But as society has changed, so too has Healthy Harold the giraffe. The Life Education van is updating its repertoire to […]
24 August 2016 – Author: Henrietta Cook – Source: Sydney Morning Herald There’s always a school that parents shun because it has a perceived drug problem. A couple of students might have been busted with pot in their school bags. Or the school might have made headlines after girls were caught with illicit drugs at […]
23 August 2016 – Author: Cheryl Goodenough – Source: Redland City Bulletin BRISBANE bayside teens are being groomed to become hooked on the highly addictive drug ice. A 17-year-old, who is not being named for his protection, said he was part of a “gang’’ that hung out at Victoria Point waiting for students to leave school. “We […]
23 August 2016 – Author: Henrietta Cook – Source: The Age The devastating impact of the drug ice has hit Victorian schools, with agencies fielding calls from desperate principals wanting help. Students are turning up to class ravaged by ice, or crystal methamphetamine, with some teachers now working in pairs for safety. At the same time, parents are calling for teachers […]
15 August 2016 – Author: Emily Woods – Source: The Age A drug syndicate peddling ice, heroin, cocaine and cannabis from Melbourne’s southern suburbs has been busted after a number of raids on Monday morning, police say. Police raided 13 properties in Chelsea, Aspendale, Hampton Park, Springvale South, Notting Hill, Dandenong, Cheltenham, Moorabbin, Seaford, Frankston and Mordialloc, following a […]
15 August 2016 – Author: Benedict Collins – Source: Radio New Zealand News New methamphetamine contamination guidelines cannot come soon enough, Auckland District Law Society says. Methamphetamine contamination guidelines being developed by Standards New Zealand are expected to be ready early next year. Auckland District Law Society vice president Joanna Pidgeon said testing for meth prior […]
13 August 2016 – Authors: Lea Emery and Jessica Elder – Source: Gold Coast Bulletin Arrests soar by 250 per cent in less than a decade ARRESTS for possessing the horror drug ice have soared by 250 per cent on the Gold Coast in less than a decade. Police statistics show the shocking rise in use […]
11 August 2016 – Source: ABC News Ten people have been arrested in Sydney’s inner west over the alleged supply of the drug ice. Police raided six properties in public housing estates in Camperdown, Leichhardt and Rosebery, seizing cash, ammunition, stolen mail, heroin and cannabis. The 10 offenders have been charged with more than 27 […]
7 August 2016 – Author: Martin La Touche – Source: Elite Property Manager METHAMPHETAMINE, ALSO KNOWN AS ICE, ‘P’, or crystal meth, has become a major issue for the housing industry in New Zealand and many states of the USA. It’s growing in use throughout Australia due to the ease with which it can be manufactured and the […]
10 June 2016 – Author: Laura Walters – Source: stuff.co.nz Houses contaminated through the cooking or smoking of methamphetamine is a growing issue in New Zealand. Just one session smoking the Class A drug, also known as P or Ice, could be enough to produce a positive test result. However lack of national testing standards […]
4 August 2016 – Authors: Grant Taylor and Gabrielle Knowles – Source: The West Australian Australia’s “war on ice” has done little to dent the appetite for the drug, with a report finding that use has kept growing despite record seizures and arrests. The Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission’s annual Illicit Drug Data Report, released today, found […]
1 August 2016 – Author: Zara Margolis – Source: ABC News Police in North West Queensland have flown across the state to hold a series of forums in a desperate bid to educate local communities about the impacts of the drug ice. Recent figures for the Mount Isa Police District show ice or crystal methamphetamines accounted for […]
9 August 2016 – Author: Robyn Yousef – Source: NZ Herald Robyn Yousef: ‘What makes anybody think it’s okay to do this?’ Methamphetamine smokers are wreaking havoc in our housing rental market. Along with a major shortage of properties, the number of properties needing decontamination this year is skyrocketing and the clean-up issue has created […]
1 August 2016 – Author: Rob Kidd – NZ Herald A solo mother of two with no prior convictions was running a multi-million-dollar drug ring from a waterfront Auckland apartment. Ye Cheng, 32, was the Kiwi manager of a syndicate which brought more than $5 million of precursors for the manufacture of methamphetamine over from […]
21 July 2016 – Author: Georgia Forrester – Source: stuff.co.nz The testing for methamphetamine in Manawatu homes has doubled for at least one agency in the past two years. NZ House Surveys has seen requests for inspections spike amid growing awareness and concern for illnesses related the manufacture of the drug. . Founder Jeff Twigge said more than […]
12 July 2016 – Author: Kristin Edge – Source: NZ Herald Suspicious behaviour at a coastal holiday home has led to the discovery of a methamphetamine lab in Northland. Emergency services were called to the house in Dolphin Place, on the Tutukaka Coast, about 2pm on Sunday. A neighbour said they arrived home to a police […]
30 May 2016 – Author: Selina Powell – Source: stuff.co.nz The sale of a Housing New Zealand property is in limbo over concerns it has been contaminated with methamphetamine. Viewings of the four-bedroom house in Blenheim were suspended last Tuesday after a prospective buyer claimed the house was contaminated with meth. A Housing New Zealand spokeswoman […]
