In 2014, former police detective Michael Blowers was sent to prison for five years on a raft of drug-related offences.
For years he had been stealing drugs from the Whangarei police exhibits room and giving them to his mistress to sell.
RNZ reporter Charlie Dreaver was in the courtroom for his trial and describes how his downfall shocked the Northland community.
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