Please attribute to Detective Senior Sergeant Tim Leitch:
A joint Police and Customs operation has led to the arrest of three people for importing methamphetamine.
Operation Torpedo began after Customs officers intercepted a package containing two kilograms of liquid methamphetamine sent in a courier parcel from Thailand to an address in Wellington in March.
A further package containing a kilogram of methamphetamine was intercepted in late April.
In total, three kilograms of methamphetamine, amounting to over 60,000 doses, were intercepted.
“The joint operation has directly prevented this drug from getting on to Wellington streets and causing irreparable harm to our communities.
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A joint Police and Customs operation has led to the arrest of three people in Wellington for importing methamphetamine.
Operation Torpedo began in March after Customs officers intercepted a package containing two kilograms of liquid methamphetamine sent in a courier parcel from Thailand to an address in Wellington.
A further package containing a kilogram of methamphetamine was intercepted in late April.
In total, three kilograms of methamphetamine, amounting to over 60,000 doses, were intercepted.
“The joint operation has directly prevented this drug from getting on to Wellington streets and causing irreparable harm to our communities,” said Detective Senior Sergeant Tim Leitch.
As stated by Detective Senior Sergeant Tim Leitch:
A joint Police and Customs operation has led to the arrest of three people for importing methamphetamine.
Operation Torpedo began after Customs officers intercepted a package containing two kilograms of liquid methamphetamine sent in a courier parcel from Thailand to an address in Wellington in March.
A further package containing a kilogram of methamphetamine was intercepted in late April.
In total, three kilograms of methamphetamine, amounting to over 60,000 doses, were intercepted.
“The joint operation has directly prevented this drug from getting on to Wellington streets and causing irreparable harm to our communities.
Nye, a 68-year-old Wellington woman, died on October 6, 2018, after developing altitude sickness while on the now-defunct Federated Mountain Club s (FMC) Travel Club trek to Ladakh.
While Nye s death occurred overseas, her family raised concerns about the circumstances with the New Zealand Coronial Services Unit and the Ministry of Justice. Coroner Peter Ryan was assigned to investigate.
Experienced mountaineer Joe Nawalaniec acted as the trip leader, working with local guiding company Haya Himalaya.
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The Indian region of Ladakh, where the ill-fated New Zealand trekking trip visited.(Patrick Whittle/Stuff)
When recounting his version of events, day two s opening witness, trekker Roger Young, said Nawalaniec addressed the remaining group members at a dinner just hours after Nye s passing.
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Coroner Peter Ryan on day one of the inquest into Janet Nye’s death in India in 2018. “He did not once mention Jan’s name, acknowledge her passing, nor mention the circumstances of her death,” Young said. In the days following, Nawalaniec was asked by a group member, “how the fatality occurred”. “Joe replied that ‘it was Jan’s fault. She made some bad decisions and they cost her her life’. His response distressed us terribly,” Young said. A “keen tramper” from Christchurch, Young repeated claims made by fellow group member Karen “Debbie” Hogan on Wednesday that there had been significant concerns about how the trip was going prior to Nye’s death.