Legal high 'evil' led to crime
A Tauranga man addicted to synthetic cannabis says he robbed a dairy with a pistol because he was desperate to get another fix of legal "poison".
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- 7:34 AM Jun 20th
A Tauranga man addicted to synthetic cannabis says he robbed a dairy with a pistol because he was desperate to get another fix of legal "poison".
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