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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. ....
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Supplied/Police A record seizure of GBL was uncovered at a Wellington property in November. A local man has been charged with importing it. Previously, police said they believed the drugs were brought into the country from China, via Auckland, and were working with liaison officers in Asia. On Friday, Detective Inspector Darrin Thomson said the investigation had involved police work around the world. “We are looking further than just one source,” he said. Rankin was already facing supply charges, following raids at multiple Wellington properties on November 13 last year. The raids uncovered the largest ever seizure of GBL in New Zealand’s history, 400 litres, had a combined street value of more than $5m and a social harm index cost of more than $30m. ....