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A record-breaking 725kg of the drug was found at Port of Tauranga in 2022, with an estimated value of $253.75 million. Three men charged this week.
24 September 2024
Three people have been arrested and charged more than two years after the largest ever cocaine shipment was found on New Zealand shores. The trio have also been charged with importing 30kg of cocaine that arrived in Tauranga in December 2021, also from Panama. Police launched Operation Bask following the discovery, and on Monday said [...]
New drug driving tests, and 200,000 extra breath tests, on the way
20 August 2024
Transport Minister Simeon Brown wants police to conduct at least 200,000 breath tests, and has announced funding for a new roadside drug driving test.The transport minister’s target for alcohol and drug testing was announced as part of Road Policing Investment Programme, which confirmed $1.3 billion for road policing over the next three years. Click here [...]
The closing date for submissions is 11.59pm on Thursday, 29 August 2024-Drug Driving Legislation
20 August 2024
The Chairperson of the Transport and Infrastructure Committee is calling for public submissions on the Land Transport (Drug Driving) Amendment Bill. The bill would enable the rollout of random roadside oral fluid screening tests to better detect and deter drug-impaired drivers. The Land Transport (Drug Driving) Amendment Act 2022 introduced a random roadside oral fluid testing [...]
Truck Driver blows 7 times road side limit in Auckland Rush Hour
10 July 2024
Everyone metabolises differently and how does the number of standard drinks will affect one afterwards is not an easy answer. A truck driver who scraped the wall of Auckland’s Waterview Tunnel multiple times while transporting a car during peak hour was allegedly more than seven times the legal alcohol limit, police said. Click here for [...]
Social Harm from Alcohol almost 7.8 Billion, 21.5 Times greater than Meth
8 June 2024
Workplaces must take action to address alcohol use, given the significant social cost of approximately $8 billion. While monthly alcohol testing is a start, it may not be enough to deter alcohol use. Call us to see how we can help further strengthen ways to proactively and efficiently screen for alcohol in your workplace. The [...]
Case for Oral Fluid Testing
3 May 2021
How can workplaces manage risk due to substance use? In spite of rigid urine and hair testing regimes, drug use in NZ has not decreased, rather they have opened pathways for ventures that provide powdered/synthetic urine. Drug Screening has mainly become a tick exercise and we have lost the intent of why we are screening. [...]
First Suppliers of Certified to AS3547:2019 Breathalysers in New Zealand
1 September 2020
Advance Diagnostics is proud to advise they are the first suppliers of breathalysers that comply to the Australian Standard AS3547:2019 Breath Alcohol Testing Devices. The Alcolizer LE5, Alcolizer HH4 and Alcolizer HH3 Alcohol Testers are now certified as compliant to the Australian Standard AS3547:2019. The SAI Global certificate showing compliance is available to download off the SAI Global [...]
Police Develop Real-Time Harmful Drug-Screening Tool
1 September 2020
Police and scientists have developed a handheld device for frontline officers to test for methamphetamine, MDMA and cocaine. The real-time drug-screening tool allows officers to test for “the three most harmful and commonly used drugs on the New Zealand market” while “working in our communities”, police said in a statement. A six-month trial of the [...]
Drug tests at festivals find dangerous new varieties posing as well-known pills
15 November 2017
Kiwis are taking dangerous new varieties of drugs, with many being unaware they are doing so. Tests conducted by volunteers at festivals and other events last summer found about 30 per cent of the drugs taken by those who offered samples did not contain what their users thought they did. Instead many contained new varieties [...]
‘Drunk’ American Airlines pilot stopped in front of stunned passengers
29 March 2016
American Airlines cancelled a flight from Detroit to Philadelphia after a co-pilot was suspected of being intoxicated. The pilot, who hasn’t been named, allegedly tested above the legal limit for blood alcohol content, according to a statement issued by the Federal Aviation Administration. Officials had reported his behaviour. The pilot was detained at a security checkpoint at [...]
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