16 Feb 2012

Raid on drug lab

3:33 pm on 16 February 2012

Police have uncovered what they say is one of the two largest methamphetamine labs found in this country.

The discovery was made when a rural property just north of Taupo was raided on Wednesday.

Methamphetamine with an estimated street value of more than $800,000 was found.

Some 21kg of a pseudoephedrine-based precursor product with an estimated value of $900,000 was also found, along with several firearms and $157,000 in cash.

Two people were arrested on the property and two others in raids on properties in Cambridge and Waitomo.