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Police found a range of items in his car, including weapons, drug paraphernalia, multiple cellphones and $5680 cash, before taking him to the Palmerston North police station. They found 2.8g of meth in a bag in his top pocket when he was searched at the station. He was taken to Manawatū Prison in a van with three others after a court appearance, where officers conducting a strip search found a 3g bag of meth. He was placed in a cell on his own overnight, with nothing remarkable noticed until a prison officer smelt a burning chemical odour on Christmas morning. The officer saw a plastic bag sticking out of Tregoweth’s underwear, leading to multiple officers holding down an incompliant Tregoweth while he was searched.