{"id":168615,"date":"2025-12-05T00:24:13","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T00:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/168615\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T00:24:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T00:24:13","slug":"three-arrests-after-drugs-and-guns-seized-in-masterton-sting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/168615\/","title":{"rendered":"Three arrests after drugs and guns seized in Masterton sting"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three men have been charged with selling cannabis and possession of cannabis for supply, following an operation targeting the supply of illicit drugs in Masterton.<\/p>\n

The men \u2013 aged 21, 22 and 43 \u2013 were arrested on December 2, after a search warrant was carried out at a residential Masterton address.<\/p>\n

Officers found 273.6g of cannabis, packaged and ready for sale, along with various items used in the sale and supply of dugs during the search. <\/p>\n

\"Officers<\/p>\n

Officers found 273.6g of cannabis, packaged and ready for sale, and several imitation and modified air rifles. (Source: NZ Police)<\/p>\n

Police also found several imitation and modified air rifles. Further charges are being considered.<\/p>\n

The men appeared in Masterton District Court on Wednesday and have been remanded to appear again on January 8, 2026.<\/p>\n

\"Officers<\/p>\n

Officers found 273.6g of cannabis, packaged and ready for sale, and several imitation and modified air rifles. (Source: NZ Police)<\/p>\n

Detective Senior Sergeant Phil Skoglund said “the sale and supply of illicit drugs causes significant harm in our communities”. <\/p>\n

“We are determined to stamp out this offending wherever we find it, but we can\u2019t do it alone.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Officers<\/p>\n

Officers found 273.6g of cannabis, packaged and ready for sale, and several imitation and modified air rifles. (Source: NZ Police)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Three men have been charged with selling cannabis and possession of cannabis for supply, following an operation targeting…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168616,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[158,67,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-168615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-christchurch-canterbury","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168615"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168615\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168616"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}