{"id":1426,"date":"2021-09-23T09:09:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-23T09:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=1426"},"modified":"2021-09-23T09:09:11","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T09:09:11","slug":"eight-arrested-in-wairoa-drug-ring-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/?p=1426","title":{"rendered":"Eight arrested in Wairoa drug ring operation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Police have arrested eight people after a six-week operation targeting the supply of methamphetamine in Wairoa.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-full photo-cntr eight_col \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/assets\/news_crops\/130696\/eight_col_op_horizon_photo_container_1_2.jpg?1632365774\" alt=\"Police staff search a property in Wairoa today.\" width=\"720\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\"><span class=\"caption\">Police staff search a property in Wairoa today.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photo:\u00a0Supplied \/ NZ Police<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More than 60 police helped search eight properties in the Hawke&#8217;s Bay town today.<\/p>\n<p>Police allege the group have been selling high volumes of methamphetamine in Wairoa.<\/p>\n<p>Four women and four men have been arrested &#8211; all with links to the local Mongrel Mob.<\/p>\n<p>Police have seized property worth over $1 million, including seven homes, six vehicles, and a jet ski.<\/p>\n<div class=\"photo-captioned photo-captioned-half photo-right four_col \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/assets\/news_crops\/130695\/four_col_op_horison_cash_6.jpg?1632365707\" alt=\"No caption\" width=\"576\" height=\"354\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"photo-captioned__information\"><span class=\"caption\">Cash seized at the scene.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Photo:\u00a0Supplied \/ NZ Police<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Those arrested will appear in the Gisborne District Court tomorrow.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The termination of this operation will cause a significant disruption to the supply of methamphetamine in the Wairoa community and will ultimately prevent the ongoing harm associated with this insidious drug,&#8221; Detective Inspector Brent Greville said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It should send a clear warning to those who deal drugs in our communities that police will continue to target you, and you will be prosecuted.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>-RNZ<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police have arrested eight people after a six-week operation targeting the supply of methamphetamine in Wairoa. Police staff search a property in Wairoa today.\u00a0Photo:\u00a0Supplied \/ NZ Police More than 60 police helped search eight properties in the Hawke&#8217;s Bay town today. Police allege the group have been selling high volumes of methamphetamine in Wairoa. Four [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1427,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[222,174],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-1426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-nz-news","tag-featured"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1426","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1426"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1426\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1428,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1426\/revisions\/1428"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thebuzz.apnanetwork.co.nz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}