Wellington, Dec 8 NZPA - The recent increase in Customs seizures of the methamphetamine precursor pseudoephedrine may increase profits for "P" dealers, says anti-drugs campaigner Mike Sabin.

By Peter Wilson of NZPA Wellington, Oct 29 NZPA - A special police unit is being set up to seize criminal assets and it will have a hit list to work on.

By Maggie Tait of NZPA Wellington, Oct 15 NZPA - On the second anniversary of controversial police raids, political activists today told MPs a new bill allowing police greater powers to search and monitor could stifle freedom of speech.

By Kent Atkinson of NZPA Wellington, Oct 6 NZPA - Advice being considered by the Government for tighter monitoring of people buying cold tablets containing pseudoephedrine may hold a hidden danger of boosting the "P" drug culture, a drug educator says.

Wellington, Aug 4 NZPA - Police and other law enforcement agencies will be given the power to compel people to answer questions under a bill that passed its first reading in Parliament tonight.

Wellington, July 31 NZPA - Justice Minister Simon Power says changes to liquor laws will be done in a comprehensive one-off package. The Law Commission yesterday released Alcohol in Our Lives, an issues paper on reforming New Zealand's liquor laws.

Wellington, July 31 NZPA - Law Commission president Sir Geoffrey Palmer says the time has come to curb the harm caused by heavy drinking and the Government will have to get to grips with the problem.

Wellington, March 31 NZPA - New Zealand continually faces threats from espionage, sabotage, subversion and terrorism, the Security Intelligence Service says in its annual report.