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High Alert have released an urgent warning after a substance misrepresented as cocaine has been linked to serious harm events in the Wairarapa region over the weekend. The substance is sold as a white powder and contains a Fentanyl type substance. Fentanyl is not a stimulant like cocaine, but rather an extremely powerful opioid that has been linked to thousands...

Mexican cartels are using local crooks to target New Zealand in what an organized crime expert has called a "perfect storm". Foreign drug barons have changed the landscape of cocaine and methamphetamine dealing here, Detective Superintendent Greg Williams told Stuff. High local demand, abundant overseas supply and huge profits meant battle-hardened foreign networks were now drawn to the domestic New Zealand drugs trade. This situation is the result of...