Ex cop jailed for 8 years

A former Auckland police officer has been jailed for eight years and four months for dealing methamphetamine and passing secret information to gang members .

Peter Pakau, 37, was sentenced in the High Court at Auckland today after pleading guilty last month to 14 charges including corruption, supplying and manufacturing a class A controlled drug, accepting bribes and conspiracy to defeat the course of justice.

By Catherine Gaffaney of the NZME News Service