Police
Businesses busted in drug swoop must keep customer details
Businesses targeted in a nationwide clamp-down on suppliers of cannabis-growing equipment will be required to keep comprehensive records of all their customers and turn them over to police.
Drugs bust nets hundreds of people
A nationwide drugs bust has put hundreds of people before the courts, with many of them facing charges for selling equipment to make secret gardens for growing cannabis.
Police trialling e-ticketing machines
Issuing traffic tickets could become a lot easier for police if a Southern police district trial of new hand-held e-ticketing machines is successful.
Teenagers fined for drinking in public
Balclutha police issued five South Otago youths with $200 fines early on Sunday.
Thefts from cars 'crime wave'
Cromwell police are investigating a "crime wave" of thefts from vehicles.