Sixteen people have been arrested in a police operation in Tauranga that revealed drugs, cash, firearms and the components of a methamphetamine lab.
Police used a number of search warrants across the area in the operation yesterday to target drug and property crime. Sixteen men and women were arrested.
At one address in rural Pyes Pa, components of a methamphetamine lab were found along with precursor chemicals, cannabis plants and a stolen Subaru car, police said.
Ten thousand dollars in cash and approximately seven grams of methamphetamine was discovered at one Tauranga home with a rifle and shotgun at another, police said.
More than 500 cannabis plants and a 40-litre drum full of dried cannabis head were located in rural Welcome Bay, while 60 plants were found in a sophisticated growing operation in Mount Maunganui.
Corrections staff joined the police operation helping to recover approximately $1800 in unpaid fines.
"We've made no secret of the fact that these types of operations will continue until the message sinks in and we break this cycle of offending," said Detective Senior Sergeant Greg Turner.
"There are some people who are clearly delusional if they think we will not catch up with them sooner or later."
Those arrested now face a variety of charges including possession and supply of cannabis and methamphetamine, cultivation, unlawful possession of firearms, theft, receiving and aggravated robbery.
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