

"I was screaming at my partner, 'Call the ambulance again'. "I was performing CPR on my baby brother because he went from being okay to blue in an instant." "When someone is in a cardiac arrest, that's priority number one. I was so frustrated that night."Īiden's condition deteriorated rapidly, but still, no ambulance. Sorry we can't give you an ETA on when an ambulance can get here'. "I was frustrated because all I got from them was, 'There's no one available. On the evening of March 2, Angela received a call from her partner saying Aiden had collapsed and was screaming.Īngela arrived at home just after 8pm and called an ambulance.

She told Newshub the sports-mad 21-year-old Christian collapsed at home after drinking what he thought was beer, given to him by a work colleague.

Newshub previously spoke to Aiden's sister Angela in an exclusive interview in April, where she revealed the struggle she went through to get an ambulance when the 21-year-old collapsed. Previously, police arrested a 30-year-old man charged with supplying methamphetamine and a 40-year-old on serious charges of possession of methamphetamine for supply and supplying methamphetamine. "Whilst the final calculations are not yet complete, Police estimate the value of the drug seizure to be worth hundreds of millions of dollars," Baldwin said. "Police enquiries into the wider importation investigation remain ongoing and we cannot rule out further charges being laid," Baldwin said.īaldwin said they've uncovered a significant drug importation, in which drugs in liquid form were allegedly being imported into concealed beer cans. Police said they will not be commenting further as the matter is before the court. "The investigation team has informed Aiden's family of this development and we are continuing to support them through this process," Baldwin said. The 40-year-old man, who is already before the Court as part of Operation Lavender, is expected to appear in the Auckland District Court later on Thursday. Police confirmed they have arrested and charged a 40-year-old man with manslaughter on Thursday. Police don't yet know how much liquid methamphetamine was smuggled in, but they have previously seized from the Manukau address a whopping 328 kilograms of meth in crystal form. "His tragic death initiated Operation Lavender which has seen numerous serious drugs charges already laid, and a large quantity of methamphetamine and other drugs recovered at an address in Manukau," Detective Inspector Glenn Baldwin from the Auckland City CIB said.
#LIQUID DEATH BEER UPDATE#
In an update on Thursday morning, police said the investigation into Sagala's death has continued and have announced further pathology and toxicology testing has now been completed.

Sagala's death on March 7 sparked a massive police investigation, called Operation Lavender, into the importation of meth brought into the country inside cans of beer. A 40-year-old man has been arrested and charged with the manslaughter of Aiden Sagala who died after unknowingly drinking pure liquid methamphetamine from a beer can.
