{"id":55994,"date":"2025-10-02T09:41:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-02T09:41:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/55994\/"},"modified":"2025-10-02T09:41:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-02T09:41:09","slug":"picton-ferry-arrests-man-70-and-woman-charged-over-meth-supply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/55994\/","title":{"rendered":"Picton ferry arrests: Man, 70, and woman charged over meth supply"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe are committed to disrupting the supply of illicit drugs in our communities and holding offenders to account,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">The 70-year-old faces 13 charges related to the supply of methamphetamine and cannabis and is due to appear in the Blenheim District Court on November 24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">The woman is also due to appear in the same court that day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">As part of the ongoing operation, a related search warrant has been executed and further arrests are being considered.<\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe welcome information from anyone who has concerns about methamphetamine production or distribution in their community,\u201d Smith said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cWe rely on the eyes and ears of our community and wh\u0101nau members who can help reduce the harm in our communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"brdZfQpMhqMp\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/the-daily-h-your-fast-smart-guide-to-the-days-biggest-headlines\/VQR5CULLQRECZP2ORSWPGDORBU\/?utm_source=nzherald&amp;utm_medium=article&amp;utm_id=nz_cta\" target=\"_blank\">Sign up to The Daily H<\/a>, a free newsletter curated by our editors and delivered straight to your inbox every weekday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWe are committed to disrupting the supply of illicit drugs in our communities and holding offenders to account,\u201d&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":55995,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[6203,47118,7818,95,11924,31746,1558,1875,13239,47117,5158,1868,13240,111,43,139,69,1523,46465,19862,30331,1354],"class_list":["post-55994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-6203","tag-70yearold","tag-allegedly","tag-and","tag-arrested","tag-arrests","tag-been","tag-carrying","tag-charged","tag-ferry","tag-man","tag-meth","tag-methamphetamine","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-over","tag-picton","tag-supply","tag-terminal","tag-woman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55994","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=55994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55994\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}