Ecstasy operation busted

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The mods have removed a topic that was discussing the recent ecstasy bust...

Eleven people have been arrested in connection with a West Auckland organised crime ring, police say.

Police recovered 650 ecstasy pills, $11,000 in cash, 700 grams of white powder and a pill press while searching seven West Auckland addresses as part of the 10-month Operation Lunar.

Five Auckland men in their 20s, three men and two women from the Gisborne area and a 24-year-old Hamilton man were arrested on charges including manufacturing ecstasy, participating in an organised criminal group, supplying ecstasy and unlawful possession of a pistol.

The five Auckland men appeared in the Waitakere District Court last Friday and will reappear on April 15.

Police said they have established further links to the Gisborne and Hamilton drug trades, and recovered a further 500 ecstasy analogue pills following the arrests.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/crime/news/ar ... d=10873765

The article doesn't name the people involved, so neither can we (and that includes identifying them in other ways). It also doesn't specify who was involved in what way - just the group's activities as a whole.

I completely understand why you might feel angry that you'd been sold a fake success story by someone you think is involved. However, we can't allow you to speculate on the details. It's not fair on the people you accuse if you get it wrong, and it's potentially defamatory.

There is a court hearing on April 15. If the accused are named at that point, we will open the topic back up for discussion.