Offender claims meth was gifted to him by a hitchhikerCharlotte Curd/Fairfax NZ A man found in possession of methamphetamine and a pipe has been convicted and fined after an appearance in the New Plymouth District Court. A Taranaki man claimed a hitchhiker had given him P and a glass pipe as a thank you gift. The New Plymouth District Court was told Calvin John Norgate had been stopped by police in Mokau on March 15 before his car was searched. "In explanation he said a hitchhiker gave it to him as a thank you," MacKenzie said. Norgate was ordered to pay $500, plus court costs of $230.

Source: Stuff April 06, 2017 04:49 UTC