[ad_1]
Supplied / Waikato Times
Police restricted more than $ 350,000 in cash, high-value motor vehicles, and motorcycles through 40 search warrants across the region.
More than 100 people have been arrested in a Waikato drug bust, along with a kilogram of methamphetamine, 30 weapons and $ 350,000 in cash and seized vehicles.
In the investigation of Operation Typhoon, the police used 40 search warrants to discover the material.
The three-month investigation found five methamphetamine labs in Waikato: four were discovered in September and one today in Raglan.
The police seized commercial quantities of materials and chemicals used to make methamphetamine.
READ MORE:
* Police arrest four methamphetamine labs in Waikato
* Large Waikato drug trafficking network disrupted, vehicles and jewelry restricted
* Gangster ice cream arrest in Waikato
Detective Inspector Graham Pitkethley said the operation yielded significant results and is expected to affect the accessibility of methamphetamine in the district.
Reducing the amount of methamphetamine available throughout Waikato will have a positive effect on the most vulnerable members of our community, Pitkethley said.
Operation Typhoon highlighted the important working relationship between members of a variety of different gangs and chapters.
This included members and associates of the Waikato Mongrel Mob and Mongrel Mob Rogue chapters working together on three of the methamphetamine labs.
As a result, they face a series of serious charges including participation in an organized criminal group, manufacture of methamphetamine, possession of chemical precursors to make methamphetamine, supply of methamphetamine and illegal possession of firearms.
The defendants have made initial appearances in Hamilton District Court.
