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Thursday, January 26 , 2017
• By Andrew King
CANNABIS, methamphetamine,
firearms and cash were found on
the rural property yesterday of a
family member of a high-profile
deceased businessman.
Police raided the property
about 20km south of Christchurch
yesterday morning and
took the middle aged man into
custody for questioning.
He was interviewed for
several hours by detectives at
the Christchurch central police phetamine, and firearms charges. has gang connections.
station and is expected to face He is scheduled to appear in Police were yesterday releasing
charges relating to possession of the Christchurch District Court few details of the raid near Lincoln
but The Star has learned the
cannabis for supply, cultivating on January 31.
cannabis, possession of metham-
The Star has learned the man firearms found included pistols.
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Armed police were used in the
raid.
Detective Sergeant Chris Power
confirmed firearms, 30 mature
cannabis plants, 110 seedlings
and a small amount of methamphetamine
was taken from the
property.
“The cannabis was being
grown in a shipping container,”
he said.
Police also seized about
$20,000 in cash believed to be
linked with drugs.
The deceased businessman
whom the arrested man is
closely related to was well known
throughout New Zealand.
He died with a fortune worth
more than $100 million.
He was also a benefactor for
many charities and organisations,
both nationally and in
Canterbury.
Family member of well known
businessman nabbed in raid
DRUG STING:
Police found
drugs, firearms
and cash at
an E lesmere
property on
Wednesday.
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Thursday, January 5, 2017
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and even some
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yesterday where he
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Centre for the firs time
since the February
2011 earthquake. It will
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in the sun just like Zara Harrison, 4, of Halswell, as she tip-toes through the water feature at
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Rise in
number of
motorists
running
red lights
CHRISTCHURCH’S growing
red light-running problem is
leaving dozens of injuries in its
wake.
In the past year, there were 65
crashes which left people
injured after drivers ran
red lights, up from 42 the
year before.
At the city’s top 10
worst intersections this
month, almost 5400
drivers ran red lights in a
single day.
That was up 31 per cent from
last year, and 64 per cent more
than in 2014.
They do not include people
turning right across an intersection
on a red light.
The worst for red light-runners
was the intersection of Blenheim
Rd and Mandeville St, where 652
were detected on a single day on
Thursday, December 1.
Police figures have also grown.
In the last year, 1491 people
were ticketed for running red
lights in Christchurch, up from
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1316 the year before and 1266 in
2014.
Canterbury road policing
manager Inspector Al Stewart
(left) said he was disappointed to
see the rise.
“It puts people at risk. They
may get away with it 99
out of 100 times, but it is
that one time which could
leave someone injured or
killed,” he said.
He said police had a
focus last year on bad
driving at intersections,
which included red
light-running, and that would
continue until the numbers
improved.
People often had different
excuses when ticketed for running
red lights, but there was no
acceptable reason, he said.
“A lot of people are simply
focused on other things and
don’t see it, but that is just as
unacceptable as running a light
deliberately, because when driving
you should be focused on the
task at hand,” he said.
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Thursday, February 2, 2017
FUEL TAX IDEA
You’ve got to be
joking – motorists
• By Bridget Rutherford
MOTORISTS HAVE slammed
an idea to introduce a regional
fuel tax in Canterbury to fix
earthquake-damaged roads.
Last week, The Star revealed
city councillors Aaron Keown
and Phil Clearwater were pushing
for a fuel tax.
But The Star has received
numerous readers’ responses –
with all but one saying they did
not want a regional fuel tax (see
pages 16-18).
They said petrol was already
expensive including the fuel
excise, and the city council
should find money within its
budge to repair the roads.
It comes as Energy Minister
Judith Collins signals an inquiry
into rising petrol margins.
Petrol was currently about 30c
more in the South Island and
Wellington compared to places
such as Levin and Masterton.
Cr Keown said he expected
opposition to the idea – but in
paying extra on fuel tax to fix
the roads, it would save money
in the future.
“Rather than pay a little bit
more on fuel, they’d rather
damage their cars and take more
time travelling.
“They are assuming the council
can just juggle the numbers
around and fix the roads.”
Motorist Helen Logan (left)
said she would be “very disappointed”
if a fuel tax was introduced.
“We’re paying more for fuel
here in Christchurch. I fee like
there’s so many other ways to
contribute to the roads.
“A lot of people can’t afford to
run cars as it is.”
Auckland Mayor Phil Goff
asked for a 10c per litre fuel tax
for Auckland to plug the $4
million funding gap it has for a
list of transport projects over the
next decade.
Mayor Lianne Dalziel said she
would be interested to see what
happened there before making
any decisions on asking the Governmen
to look at Canterbury.
Canterbury University transport
expert Simon Kingham said
the idea was feasible because it
was user-based.
He said if the city council was
to find money in the budget for
repairs, it would have to up rates,
or take it from another project.
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