New Zealand Police Letters Warn Facebook Drug Dealers They're Being Watched

A letter to a Facebook user from Canterbury police warns that the user might wish to "review" their membership of an online group suspected of aiding illegal drug deals.

Police have been snooping on people's Facebook profiles, and using the evidence to carry out drug raids.

The monitoring has been exposed by members of a blackmarket Facebook group, who complained of receiving letters out of the blue from police, warning them they were being watched.

One unidentified user received a letter from the Canterbury Organised Crime Squad, dated July 15, warned that their membership of a group suspected to be aiding illegal drug deals had been noticed.

They might wish to "review" their membership of the group, the letter suggested – and it had a card for a drug abuse helpline stapled to it.

"Police have been monitoring your Facebook profile and established that you are engaged in a...

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