Wellington, Oct 7 NZPA - An explosive and dangerous "shake-and-bake" method of manufacturing the drug P in a two litre juice container may not catch on in New Zealand, experts on illicit drugs say.

Wellington, April 9 NZPA - State science company Environmental Science and Research wants to spend $2 million preparing for the Government's big push to boost DNA sampling of criminal suspects, but says police can't confirm it will get the work.

Wellington, April 8 NZPA - The numbers of "hits" on New Zealand's national DNA database will start rising when samples from more convicted criminals are added to it from next July, experts say.