Monday, 19 July 2021, 2:08 pm
Wellington Police and NZ Customs have disrupted further
significant importations of the Class B controlled drug
Gamma Butyrolactone (GBL), and class C controlled drug
Eutylone, during ‘Phase Two’ of Operation
Skipjack.
November last year saw the termination of
Skipjack ‘Phase One’- an investigation into alleged
offending by a local drug dealing syndicate importing and
distributing controlled drugs known by the street names of
G, liquid ecstasy, and rinse.
“As the Operation
moved into ‘Phase Two’ this year, Police, along with our
Customs partners, identified further alleged importations by
the syndicate which had changed its methods and was now
Police raids disrupt billion dollars worth of drug harm to community
Police disrupted a billion dollars worth of GBL drug harm into the community. Photo / File
Police raids disrupt billion dollars worth of drug harm to community Mon, 19 Jul 2021, 4:34PM
Police have arrested eight men and three women and seized a haul of illicit drugs that could cause an estimated billion dollars’ worth of harm to the community.
Those arrested in raids by police named Operation Skipjack phase 2 are aged between 25 and 44. Four people were previously charged in relation to phase 1 , taking the total number of arrests to 15.
Led by Wellington Police District Drugs and Organised Crime Unit, over the past two weeks more than 70 Police and Customs staff have executed 22 search warrants in Wellington, Hutt Valley, Kapiti Mana, Horowhenua and Palmerston North.
Press Release – New Zealand Police Wellington Police and NZ Customs have disrupted further significant importations of the Class B controlled drug Gamma Butyrolactone (GBL), and class C controlled drug Eutylone, during Phase Two of Operation Skipjack. November last year saw …
Wellington Police and NZ Customs have disrupted further significant importations of the Class B controlled drug Gamma Butyrolactone (GBL), and class C controlled drug Eutylone, during ‘Phase Two’ of Operation Skipjack.
November last year saw the termination of Skipjack ‘Phase One’- an investigation into alleged offending by a local drug dealing syndicate importing and distributing controlled drugs known by the street names of G, liquid ecstasy, and rinse.