NZ - Family violence incident linked to P

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NZ - Family violence incident linked to P

Lower Hutt Police have arrested and charged a 26-year-old man wanted in relation to a serious family violence incident last week.

Detective Senior Sergeant Scott Cooper, acting officer in charge of the Lower Hutt CIB says a Police patrol located the man in a vehicle on Hutt Park Road in Seaview around 11pm last night.

"When Police arrested the offender, they found a quantity of methamphetamine in his possession. He is facing a number of charges including wounding with intent to injure, injuring with intent to injure, driving whilst disqualified and possession of a knife."

Further charges are pending in relation to the methamphetamine Police located.

"Over the past several months, Police across the Hutt Valley have continued to target drug offenders and organised criminals. Last night's arrest highlights the dangers posed when mixing illicit drugs with violence."​

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its just slang that has been adopted there into the media and shit. P for pure i think..

Kinda weird, in Oz i dont see the media calling crystal [shards] or [glass], but ice a fair bit sometimes i guess.
 
it's a crime here in AUS... You can't carry knives in public here, or in your car in the case of that article.
 
yeah its totally a crime here. i would think it is in most countries.

i always thought P was slang for points (0.1g)

Well since you live there you might be correct, and it does fit too. But....

On the street, methamphetamine has a range of nicknames including "speed", "pure", "P" "burn" "goey", "crank", "meth", "crystal", "ice" and "Ya Ba". It can be a powder, a crystal 'rock' like form, or a pill.

The nickname "P" is unique to New Zealand.
http://www.police.govt.nz/safety/meth.html

Since the 'P' is after the 'Pure' and they dont mention points i rekon it's probably short for pure.

Pure methamphetamine, commonly known as ‘P’ in New Zealand,
http://www.methcon.co.nz/press/research.pdf

Someone else know for sure?
 
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