As stated by Mid/South Canterbury Area Commander Inspector Dave Gaskin:
Police acknowledge the findings of an Independent Police Conduct Authority report into an allegation officers deliberately mishandled evidence found with a man during an arrest in 2017.
The man was arrested in Ashburton in May 2017 and charged with possessing methamphetamine. Police referred the matter to the IPCA after the court case was dismissed.
/NZ Police Public Release. View in full here.
