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NZ soldiers got high on prescription drugs during active mission in Fiji

NZ soldiers got high on prescription drugs during active mission in Fiji
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New Zealand soldiers bought a cocktail of prescription drugs, got high, and then tried to hide their offending while on an active mission in Fiji last year.

So many pills were bought by the men that a senior military official was concerned they were planning to smuggle them back to New Zealand.

Documents of the investigation released has revealed that the four soldiers purchased the drugs from a local pharmacy in Suva, taking them on board HMNZS Canterbury while helping with the clean‑up of Cyclone Winston in Fiji in 2016.

The drugs were purchased without a prescription, two of the soldiers had hidden them in a leather bible case which they then placed in a cyclone damaged house.

It revealed 100 pills in total were seized including Viagra.

Source: Stuff.co.nz

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