Sonya is a social issues reporter at the Bay of Plenty TimesThirty-two meth labs have been uncovered in the Western Bay in the past five years, with at least 12 found since 2015. Manufacturing chemicals were found at all but four of the 32 labs, and weapons and firearms were found at eight labs. At one lab, busted in Tauranga in 2015, police discovered chemicals, a baton, a stun gun and a machete. Mr Stratford said even if those 32 labs found were 100 per cent of all labs in operation, there would have been more than 32 properties impacted by manufacturing. - Inspector Clifford Paxton- Bay of Plenty Times

Source: New Zealand Herald November 07, 2016 20:04 UTC