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Police data: Kids aged 5 to 9 among youth busted with drugs
10 May, 2021 06:00 PM
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Figures show court proceedings were taken against 631 Bay of Plenty youth between 2016 and 2020. Photo / File
Figures show court proceedings were taken against 631 Bay of Plenty youth between 2016 and 2020. Photo / File
Police are finding children aged nine or even younger with drugs, new figures reveal. Over the past five years, police have caught more children and young people with illicit drugs in the Bay of Plenty than in any other district.
And a former drug kingpin says children as young as six are smoking cannabis.
Details of police dealings with youngsters and illicit drugs between 2016 and 2020 were supplied to NZME under the Official Information Act.