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Published: 8:18PM Monday March 12, 2012 Source: ONE News
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Published: 8:18PM Monday March 12, 2012 Source: ONE News
A drug operation run in Hamilton has been shut down following an investigation by TVNZ's Close Up. A new designer drug called Dime has been available online, sold as a capsule containing white powder and marketed as legal. The synthetic high mimics the effects of LSD and ecstasy, filling a void left by Kronic and other 'legal highs' which were banned last year.
Vonk Ltd, a Hamilton-based company directed by Kurt von Keisenberg, imported the powder from Poland. Von Keisenberg, a chemistry graduate, told Close Up he came across the drug through scientific journal articles and internet discussions. He realised he "could purchase the stuff and turn it into something sellable". Von Keisenberg said while the company imported "the pure white powder" from a Polish company he believed it was made in China. He has sold Dime at $30 for two capsules, making it one of the cheapest synthetic highs on the market.
But Close Up commissioned the drug to be tested at ESR, the government-owned laboratory. Tests revealed Dime contains a Class C drug, a modified version of a Class A drug called "DOB". DOB is a designer hallucinogen which been in the market in Europe and Australia for up to five years Vonk Ltd has now accepted it was selling a Class C drug. It said it was shutting the company down and destroying anything left of the drug.
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