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The number of cannabis convictions in Northland courts has halved over the past five years, with police pre-charge warnings partly responsible for the fall.
Ministry of Justice records show cannabis-related convictions in Whangarei District Court dropped from 196 five years ago to 95 in the last financial year.
At Kaikohe District Court, convictions fell from 139 to 54 over the five-year period, and, at Kaitaia District Court, convictions fell from 95 to 44.
The convictions included dealing, trafficking, importing, exporting, manufacturing, cultivating, possessing, using and other illicit drug offences.
Possession and use convictions had the most significant decreases in each of the courts. Northland police issued 696 warnings last year - mostly for disorderly behaviour in public, theft and drugs.
Northland District Police spokeswoman Sarah Kennett said she believed all crime had dropped.
"Since the 2008/2009 fiscal year, there has been a 20 per cent drop in recorded criminal...
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