17 May 2015

Synthetic drug firm goes into liquidation

2:08 pm on 17 May 2015

Party pill entrepreneur Matt Bowden has put his company, Stargate Operations, into liquidation.

Synthetic cannabis and a pipe.

Synthetic cannabis (file) Photo: RNZ / Diego Opatowski

The company manufactured and sold synthetic cannabinoids.

In an answerphone message, Mr Bowden said he did not wish to comment further because of a recent bereavement.

He said his lawyers had told him not to disclose details of the liquidation.

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