A Northland fisherman who tipped police off to suspicious boaties on 90 Mile Beach which led to a record seizure of methamphetamine is fearful of gang retribution. Police had also stopped a Toyota Prado on 90 Mile Beach after it drove past while they were interviewing people about the suspicious behaviour. The men trying to launch kept telling the local fisherman they just wanted to spread ashes in the ocean off the bay. "Yeah he's been at the police station being interviewed and is a bit worried about what could happen now," the friend said. Co-ordinates in a GPS device seized from the vehicle led police to sand dunes on the Hukatere region of 90 Mile Beach, close to where an abandoned boat linked to Sunday's meth haul had been found earlier.

Source: New Zealand Herald June 14, 2016 23:55 UTC