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Police seized a variety of drugs after raiding properties across Otago.
Police have raided properties in Dunedin and Queenstown as part of a crackdown on organised crime.
Eight people have been charged after the Southern District Police Organised Crime Unit executed a series of search warrants, seizing significant quantities of drugs.
Those drugs included MDMA, cocaine, cannabis, methamphetamine and LSD, along with more than $50,000 cash, and illegal firearms.
Detective Senior Sergeant Nik Leigh said: “These arrests and seizures are the result of ongoing investigations across the district.”
“The six separate warrants focused on significant drug dealing activity which have contributed to harm within the community,” Leigh said.
“The arrests should serve as a warning to organised crime groups or anyone involved in the possession of drugs to supply.”
The eight people arrested were aged between 25 and 35 and face charges relating to the supply of drugs, and firearms related offences.
They were due to appear in the Dunedin and Queenstown District Courts.
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