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Dangers of the "flesh-eating zombie drug" called krokodil
September 26, 2014 | Drug Crime
Reports of a "flesh-eating zombie drug" called krokodil, accompanied by lurid images first appeared in English during 2010. The drug serves as an excellent illustration of the havoc bad drug policies can wreak on communities.
Krokodil first emerged in provincial Russia during the early 2000s. It's an illicit injectable drug, easily baked in home kitchens from codeine-containing medication, iodine, phosphorus, paint thinner, and lighter fuel.
Its active ingredient is intended to be desomorphine, a synthetic opiate, but most home-bak…
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Gang's Number Plates Taunt Police
September 17, 2014 | Drug Crime
Violent gang members are taunting Australian police by driving around Sydney in expensive cars with number plates that use the initials of police squads.
At the scene of a recent fatal shooting of a Brothers 4 Life member in Revesby Heights were two cars with the plates MEOC and MEOC 63.
MEOCS is the acronym used by NSW Police for the specialist Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad, which targets ethnic-based crime, particularly in southwestern Sydney. Brothers 4 Life are one of their main targets. Parked outside the unit block where…
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Exclusive: Meth use by employee sparks fraud
August 21, 2014 | Drug Crime
This fraud involved a finance company. Clients had questioned non payments of refunds, yet records showed the accounts had been refunded and closed. These were old accounts that had been dormant for a long period of time.
The account details for several clients had been changed and substituted for a new account number.
The total amount defrauded was less than $5,000. The member of staff concerned had used her own personal bank account number, she was always going to get caught.
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Addiction to Methamphetamine, known as P, ste…
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Methicathinone aka Meow Meow or Kitty Cat
April 11, 2014 | Drug Crime
A new recreational drug which gives users a similar high to methamphetamine has burst onto Tauranga's party scene.
If you are concerned about someone you love involved in drug use or want to get evidence of drug dealing in the workplace call 0800747633 or contact us here.
The drug, methcathinone, is being used as a substitute to MDMA, which is a key ingredient in ecstasy tablets.
Circulation of the illicit stimulant, most commonly found in its derivative Class C form, is being spurred on by a worldwide shortage of MDMA, according t…