Chris Cahill: Police Association president calls for tougher penalties for high-level drug offenders
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The Police Union says judges let too many high-level drug offenders off easy. A meth bust in Hawke's Bay and Gisborne in 2021 ended with the arrests of 15 - but only five went to jail. Police Association president Chris Cahill says the problem is sentence discounts. He says one person who imported 4 kilos of meth got five different discounts. LISTEN ABOVESee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
