Wednesday 20th August 2008
A 68-year-old pharmacist is alleged to have opened up early so he could sell restricted medicines containing a key ingredient of P to fellow members of an alleged drug ring, a court has heard.
Longtime Rotarian Samuel Ross Pulman faces 11 charges relating to the supply and possession of pseudoephedrine and the manufacture of P, a highly-addictive form of the drug methamphetamine.
The Pukekohe resident is accused of supplying pseudoephedrine to nine people and is among six people arrested for their part in the alleged ring.
The Pharmacy Council of New Zealand has been alerted and may investigate further, depending on the outcome of the criminal case.
Pulman denies the charges, but after a three-day depositions hearing in Pukekohe District Court, was committed to trial at the High Court in Auckland next month.
The police case includes surveillance camera footage of the Unichem Pharmacy on West St, Pukekohe, from last November. No other employees are facing charges.
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