{"id":9469,"date":"2020-12-03T01:19:35","date_gmt":"2020-12-03T01:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=9469"},"modified":"2020-12-03T01:19:35","modified_gmt":"2020-12-03T01:19:35","slug":"clandestine-lab-dismantled-in-the-hunter-two-charged","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/12\/03\/clandestine-lab-dismantled-in-the-hunter-two-charged\/","title":{"rendered":"Clandestine lab dismantled in the Hunter; two charged"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two men have been charged with drug offences after officers dismantled a clandestine lab in the Hunter.<br \/>\nLast month, officers attached to the Port Stephens-Hunter Police District commenced an investigation into the alleged manufacture and supply of methylamphetamine in the Maitland area.<br \/>\nFollowing extensive inquiries, Port Stephens-Hunter Police \u2013 assisted by officers from the Northern Region Operational Support Group \u2013 executed a crime scene warrant at a home on Hunter Street, Maitland, at 2.30pm on Tuesday (1 December 2020).<br \/>\nPolice located a clandestine laboratory at the rear of the property, including equipment and chemicals consistent with the supply and manufacture of prohibited drugs.<br \/>\nOfficers from the State Crime Command\u2019s Drug and Firearm Squad Chemical Operations Unit attended to dismantle the lab and continued yesterday (Wednesday 2 December 2020).<br \/>\nOther items seized during the warrant include liquid believed to be a precursor for the manufacture of prohibited drugs, an electronic stun device, two pistols, a rifle scope, and a set of nunchucks.<br \/>\nTwo men \u2013 aged 47 and 39 \u2013 were arrested at the home and taken to Maitland Police Station.<br \/>\nBoth men were charged with possess precursor intend to use in manufacture\/production, supply large commercial quantity prohibited drug and possess unauthorised pistol.<br \/>\nThey were refused bail to appear at Maitland Local Court yesterday (Wednesday 2 December 2020), where they were formally bail refused to reappear at the same court <a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"x-apple-data-detectors:\/\/6\">on Thursday 21 January 2021<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two men have been charged with drug offences after officers dismantled a clandestine lab in the Hunter. Last month, officers attached to the Port Stephens-Hunter Police District commenced an investigation into the alleged manufacture and supply of methylamphetamine in the Maitland area. Following extensive inquiries, Port Stephens-Hunter Police \u2013 assisted by officers from the Northern &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2020\/12\/03\/clandestine-lab-dismantled-in-the-hunter-two-charged\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Clandestine lab dismantled in the Hunter; two charged&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-newcastle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9469","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9469"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9469\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9469"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9469"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9469"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}