A former Whangarei senior policeman is facing charges of supplying methamphetamine and cannabis while he was in charge of Northland's Organised Crime Unit.
The identity of a former Government employee in Northland accused of selling methamphetamine and cannabis to a
woman has been revealed as a former Whangarei police Detective Sergeant and one time head of the region's drug squad Mike Blowers.
Name suppression ended for Blowers at 5pm today after his lawyer decided not to appeal the lifting of name suppression to the Court of Appeal.
Blowers is facing a charge of supplying the Class A drug methamphetamine and another of selling cannabis to a person over the age of 18. Supplying methamphetamine, or P as it is known, carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment.
Police allege both offences happened between June 1, 2011, and June 30, 2012 while Blowers was still employed in a senior position by police in Whangarei. At the end of that period Blowers headed the Northland Organised Crime Unit, which looked into drug offending in the region.