Two men and woman charged with conspiring to manufacture P and setting fire to an industrial building, the former King Cat factory, in Katikati remain behind bars, while police continue to trawl through the property.
Karl Rodney Goldsbury, 37, of Maketu; Terence William Jones, 35, of Katikati; and Tracey Angela
Farrow, 26, of Katikati; faced joint charges of conspiring to manufacture methamphetamine and arson in Tauranga District Court yesterday.
They were arrested after armed police stormed into Katikati yesterday morning shortly before a series of loud explosions were heard coming from the industrial building on Park Rd.
At the scene yesterday, about eight police forensic experts searched through the remains of the building, which lay in a heap on the ground, while armed police kept watch over the property so the area wouldn't be contaminated.
Officer in charge of the investigation, Detective Sergeant Lindsay Pilbrow, said it was "a very slow process" and staff had to be meticulous in their examination of the scene.
