Police found cocaine, methamphetamine, cannabis, drug dealing paraphernalia and approximately $11,000 cash. Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon
A 46-year-old Glenorchy resident has been taken into custody after the Otago Lakes Central Organised Crime Team as part of an ongoing operation targeting the supply of methamphetamine within the community.
Detective Senior Sergeant Regan Boucher said the arrest was part of significant and complex work by the Otago Lakes Central Organised Crime Team.
During the search, police found cocaine, methamphetamine, cannabis, drug dealing paraphernalia and approximately $11,000 cash.
"This is an excellent result not only for the rural community of Glenorchy, but also the wider Queenstown area," Boucher said.
"Every time we can take drug dealers, who trade on people's suffering, off the streets through disrupting and dismantling their ongoing criminal activities, it makes our communities safer."
Boucher thanked members of the public who helped police during the operation, and said the police continued to appeal to anyone who has concerns about illicit drugs in the community.
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