NEW ZEALAND
NATIONAL DRUG INTELLIGENCE BUREAU
JOINT OPERATION OF CUSTOMS, HEALTH & POLICE
25 November 2020
Subject: OIA – Clandestine Laboratory Procedures
REF: IR-01-20-33758
Attention: Bryan Stralow
Dear Bryan,
Thank you for your Official Information Act request transferred to the National Drug Intelligence Bureau
(NDIB) on 9 November 2020.
Specifically you requested the following:
“1) In response to Police being informed as to a suspected Methamphetamine Clandestine
Laboratory operating nearby, could you please provide your standard operational procedure when
responding to being notified of this.
2) In response to a public area being exposed to potentially harmful gases, could you please forward
your standard operational procedure taken to protect the greater public from such a potential
health threat.
3) In response to Police being notified of an incident surrounding inadvertent exposure of minors to
the by products from the manufacture of Methamphetamines, could you please provide your
standard operational procedure in order to protect and ensure the health of the minor affected.
Please find the response supplied by the National Clandestine Laboratory Response Team (NCLRT):
1) In response to Police being informed as to a suspected Methamphetamine Clandestine
Laboratory operating nearby, could you please provide your standard operational procedure
when responding to being notified of this.
180 Molesworth Street, Wellington, New Zealand
P.O. Box 3017, Phone: 64 4 4749499, Fax: 64 4 4987409
NEW ZEALAND
NATIONAL DRUG INTELLIGENCE BUREAU
JOINT OPERATION OF CUSTOMS, HEALTH & POLICE
180 Molesworth Street, Wellington, New Zealand
P.O. Box 3017, Phone: 64 4 4749499, Fax: 64 4 4987409
NEW ZEALAND
NATIONAL DRUG INTELLIGENCE BUREAU
JOINT OPERATION OF CUSTOMS, HEALTH & POLICE
180 Molesworth Street, Wellington, New Zealand
P.O. Box 3017, Phone: 64 4 4749499, Fax: 64 4 4987409
NEW ZEALAND
NATIONAL DRUG INTELLIGENCE BUREAU
JOINT OPERATION OF CUSTOMS, HEALTH & POLICE
(2) In response to a public area being exposed to potentially harmful gases, could you please
forward your standard operational procedure taken to protect the greater public from such a
potential health threat.
NZ Fire and Emergency would likely be the lead agency should this scenario be reported. Any
information relating to their standard operating procedures would need to be requested from
them.
(3)
In response to Police being notified of an incident surrounding inadvertent exposure of minors to
the by-products from the manufacture of Methamphetamines, could you please provide your
standard operational procedure in order to protect and ensure the health of the minor affected. There is no standard operational procedure for this scenario. However, should this situation
present, it is likely we would advise the guardian of the child to have the child medically checked by
a doctor and engage the services of an independent drug testing agency for the purpose of
ascertaining the extent of any potential contamination so the appropriate health treatment can be
provided. Police would also consider notifying other relevant government agencies to ensure the
safety of the child.
180 Molesworth Street, Wellington, New Zealand
P.O. Box 3017, Phone: 64 4 4749499, Fax: 64 4 4987409
NEW ZEALAND
NATIONAL DRUG INTELLIGENCE BUREAU
JOINT OPERATION OF CUSTOMS, HEALTH & POLICE
If you are not satisfied with my response to your request, you have the right under section 28(3) of the
Official Information Act 1982 to ask the Office of the Ombudsman to review my decision.
Yours sincerely
Detective Inspector Blair Macdonald
Manager
| National Drug Intelligence Bureau
Police National Headquarters, 180 Molesworth Street, PO Box 3017, Wellington 6011
Joint Operation of Customs, Health & Police
180 Molesworth Street, Wellington, New Zealand
P.O. Box 3017, Phone: 64 4 4749499, Fax: 64 4 4987409
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