Four people have been arrested and millions of dollars in
assets restrained following an operation targeting large
scale commercial cannabis dealers in Dunedin and
Southland.
The six-month organised crime operation
culminated in four search warrants at residental addresses
on Tuesday 13 April.
Three men — aged 49, 32 and 26
— and a woman, aged 37, have been charged with drug
offences including selling and supplying cannabis and
cultivation of cannabis.
During the warrants Police
located a growing operation and recovered large amounts of
cannabis with a street value of about $60,000, as well as
$115,000 in cash and eight firearms.
Police also
restrained assets worth about $3.2 million under the
Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act.
These assets include
residential properties and vehicles believed to have been
financed through drug dealing.
Those arrested are
expected to reappear in Dunedin District Court in late April
or early
May.
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