Waihi Police File

Posted by Gold FM on 02/08/2011

The so called legal high Kronic has been all over the news and Waihi Police Sergeant Dave Litton said on the Gold FM Police File this morning that he is pleased to see it will be taken off the shelves in New Zealand. He said for the Waihi Police the problem has been people mixing Kronic with other drugs and alcohol. He went on to say it came to the police's attention early on when it first became available and has created some problems for schools."You're smoking a chemical, why would you want to put that into your body?"

Sergeant Litton reported that August the 1st saw big changes for the Land Transport Act which will have an effect for young drivers.The legal age for driving has been lifted to 16 and he said he hopes that we will see a more mature group of people driving.

New drink driving laws will be coming into affect this Sunday the 7th of August and he said he hopes it will make a difference. From Sunday anyone under the age of 20 will no longer be able to drink alcohol and drive a car. Sergeant Litton said that "young people who consume even a sip of alcohol that shows up when they're behind the wheel of a car will be taken down to the station, no matter what and put through the procedures. The minimum they will get is a $200 fine if they blow a result and that will also mean they will get 50 demerit points on their driver's license, so that's half their license gone. And if they blow over 150 they will face a harsher penalty, appear before a judge, face a term of imprisonment and loss of license for a long time".

Sergeant Litton said "people with sticky fingers" don't go away even when it's cold, so it's a good time to have a look around the back yard and lock things away. Put your bike somewhere where it's safe.

The police get a lot of property handed in and Sergeant Litton encourages people to check whether their stuff is in the police lost property. They keep items for a number of days and after the specified time it goes to the finder. If it's something that's worthless there's no point in the police holding it, but if it's something that's valuable, please hand it in. They receive a wide assortment of property from cellphones, wallets, car keys and bags, to kayaks and surfboards. Quite often the owner is not found so the finder gets to keep what they've found, and it's a good practise to encourage kids who find something of value to hand it in. If you've dropped something you value always check with your local police before calling your insurance company.