A Papamoa dairy, identified in a stealth survey as the only dairy of 21 in the area selling synthetic cannabis, has decided to remove it from its shelves due to public pressure.

Oasis Superette was the only dairy to sell synthetic cannabis to Papamoa Facebook page administrator Steve Morris during an undercover survey of 21 dairies in Papamoa and Mount Maunganui yesterday.

Papamoa Progressive Association chairperson Steve Morris and Oaisis Superette manager Balwinber Singhbal outside the dairy. Photo: Tracy Hardy.

Dressed scruffily, Steve visited dairies in the Mount Maunganui and Papamoa area asking whether he could have 'some of the product” yesterday morning.

Of the 21, only Oasis was found to be selling the synthetic drugs. When told it was part of a survey the manager was quick to defend himself, saying he is no longer ordering the product.

'The rest did not have it. Some of them were quite vehement about it and said ‘No! We don't stock it',” says Steve.

'I felt bad asking for it after that.”

The store's decision comes after Matua Dairy manager Raj Singh announced in May he was stopping stocking controversial products like K2 and Everest following public outcry.

Steve says many Mount Maunganui dairies visited said they had stopped selling the products after police visited as part of an initiative to eradicate the synthetic drugs from the community.

He thinks the survey results are fantastic.

'We just wanted to see whose being community minded and those who are not.”

Oasis Superette manager Balwinber Singhbal says the dairy only has a few packets left from the last order and after that will no longer be stocking the product.

The decision was made after experiencing strong public opposition to the products.

'Some people wanted me to get rid of it so I stopped ordering it about three or four weeks ago and won't be selling it anymore.”

No longer stocking the drug will not hamper the dairy's sales, says Balwinber.