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Sworn officer Peter Pakau has been remanded in custody

Police 'gutted' by cop drug charges arrest

Police are gutted one of their own has been arrested as part of a sting on a west Auckland drug ring.

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Mr Day said most of the drugs are coming from China

Customs frustrated by synthetic drugs video

Customs officers are frustrated they are being forced to return harmful drugs to the community.

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No one was arrested in the unplanned raid (file pic)

Firefighters parachute into drug crop

A team of smokejumpers parachuting into a fire in the mountains of Oregon landed in an illegal marijuana garden.

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Garner smoked one joint of Juicy Puff

Garner's legal high experience video

A paranoid, repetitive and disassociated journalist is probably not what a radio station normally wants on its airwaves.

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Man charged with online drug importing

A 19-year-old Palmerston North man has been accused of importing drugs by ordering them online from a German supplier.

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Snoop Lion (Reuters)

Snoop Lion's drug party shut down

Cops were called to Snoop Dogg's marijuana celebration party in Los Angeles on Saturday.

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Former cop faces drug charges

A former police officer charged with selling methamphetamine and cannabis has been granted interim name suppression.

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Scarlett Johansson (Reuters)

Stars petition Obama over drug laws

Actresses Cameron Diaz, Scarlett Johansson and Demi Moore are among the stars who have signed music mogul Russell Simmons' petition to US President Barack Obama urging him to reform the country's stance on the war on drugs.

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Brad Pitt (Reuters)

Brad Pitt slams war on drugs

Hollywood actor Brad Pitt has denounced America's controversial war on drugs, branding it a failure and a charade.

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Detective Rachael Boyd (left) and Detective Constable Lesa (right) pose with the seized items.

Police seize guns, drugs, cash in Wellington

Police recovered a haul of guns, cash and illicit drugs worth $135,000 during an armed raid on a property in Wellington last night.

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Petition launched against animal testing bill

Animal rights groups are joining forces in a bid to prevent animal testing for legal highs.

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Police say the drug's street value was about $14,000  (file)

Man arrested with $14,000 of P

A man possessing thousands of dollars worth of methamphetamine, or P, has been arrested in Christchurch.

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Mitch Winehouse (Reuters)

Winehouse, Brand to educate kids on drugs

Amy Winehouse's father has joined forces with Russell Brand to tackle the "woefully underfunded" drugs and alcohol education.

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Cannabis is the most frequently used drug by workers (file)

Hard drug use among workers on decline

Thousands of workers have tested positive for drugs, but the use of hard drugs is decreasing.

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More than 70 percent of the positive drug tests nationally were for cannabis

Report: More NZers working on drugs video

New figures reveal more New Zealanders were caught with drugs in their system at work last year.

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SA street drug made from AIDS medication video

Tens of thousands of young people in South Africa are hooked on a highly-addictive drug called nyaope.

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Mexican police nab 'marijuana cannon'

Police say they have recovered a powerful improvised cannon used to hurl packets of marijuana across a border fence.

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Family members face cannabis charges

A 55-year-old woman, her 25-year-old daughter and the daughter's 26-year-old male partner all face drug cultivation charges after police raids in Waikato.

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Money and drugs - an explosive combination

Lottery winners not so lucky after all

Two brothers celebrating a lottery win with marijuana and meth were almost killed when they blew up their house.

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Drug-Free Sport New Zealand Graeme Steel

NZ athletes monitored for doping video

The country's anti-doping watchdog has revealed it is tracking around 100 New Zealand athletes deemed at risk of drug-taking.

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