New Zealand

haffajappa
haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
edited February 2011 in A Moving Train
Woke up to another earthquake on the news this morning.
This time in New Zealand.


Thoughts with you all!
live pearl jam is best pearl jam
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  • CozzaNZ
    CozzaNZ Posts: 21
    I was in the central city when it happened, Absolutely terrifying, I was on the second floor at work under my desk and was thrown around everywhere. Couldn't believe the building held up. Christchurch is devastated there is chaos in the central city, there are many dead and injured, buildings down everywhere. The city was just getting back on it's feet after the 7.1 September earthquake - now a lot of people's futures are uncertain.
  • topaz
    topaz Posts: 301
    kia kaha CozzaNZ, we are all behind you

    we're so sorry to hear and see what's happened

    but I'm glad you're alive

    xx arohanui
  • doompony
    doompony Wellington, NZ Posts: 4,501
    i hope you and your family and friends are ok.

    www.redcross.org.nz


    i wonder if there'll be a hootenanny for churchur.
  • haffajappa
    haffajappa British Columbia Posts: 5,955
    So scary... glad you're okay.
    We're due for a big one here in coastal B.C. apparently
    live pearl jam is best pearl jam
  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 44,408

      
    New Zealand police find 3.5 tons of cocaine in Pacific Ocean
    By NICK PERRY
    Today

    WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — New Zealand police said Wednesday they found more than 3 tons of cocaine floating in a remote part of the Pacific Ocean after it was dropped there by an international drug-smuggling syndicate.

    While they had yet to make any arrests, police said they had dealt a financial blow to everyone from the South American producers of the drugs through to the distributors in what was the nation's largest-ever drug seizure.

    New Zealand Police Commissioner Andrew Coster said the cocaine had been dropped at a floating transit point in 81 bales before it was intercepted by a navy ship, which was deployed to the area last week. The ship then made the six-day trip back to New Zealand, where the drugs were being documented and destroyed.

    Coster said the wholesale value of the 3.2 tonnes (3.5 tons) of cocaine was about 500 million New Zealand dollars ($316 million) and it was likely destined for Australia.

    “We believe there was enough cocaine to service the Australian market for about one year, and this would be more than New Zealand would use in 30 years,” Coster said.

    He said police, customs and the military found the drugs after launching Operation Hydros in December in collaboration with international partner agencies to identify and monitor the movements of suspicious vessels.

    Coster said they were continuing to investigate the case with other international agencies.

    Bill Perry, the acting comptroller of the New Zealand Customs Service, said the haul illustrated the lengths that organized syndicates were going to in order to smuggle drugs in the South Pacific.

    “We see perhaps this is just an indication that the transnational organized crime groups are testing the market in different ways, so as agencies, we need to collaborate," Perry said.


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