Chris Cahill: Police Association president calls for tougher penalties for high-level drug offenders - Heather du Plessis-Allan Drive

The Police Union says judges let too many high-level drug offenders off easy.

A meth bust in Hawke's Bay and Gisborne in 2021 ended with the arrests of 15 - but only five went to jail.

Police Association president Chris Cahill says the problem is sentence discounts.

He says one person who imported 4 kilos of meth got five different discounts.

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