Drugs, cash, firearms and the components of a methamphetamine lab were among items recovered during an operation by Tauranga Police yesterday to target drug and property offenders.
The operation saw a number of search warrants conducted across the area and 16 men and women arrested.
At one address in rural Pyes Pa, components of a methamphetamine lab were found along with precursor chemicals, cannabis plants and a stolen Subaru car.
$10,000 in cash and approximately seven grams of methamphetamine was discovered at one Tauranga home with a rifle and shotgun at another.
There was plenty of cannabis to be found too. In excess of 500 plants and a 40-litre drum full of dried cannabis head were located in rural Welcome Bay, while 60 plants were found in a sophisticated growing operation in Mount Maunganui.