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Customs Investigation Leads To Jail Time For Auckland Man
Tuesday, 29 August 2023, 12:38 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
A Customs investigation resulted in a four year ten month jail sentence for a 39-year-old Auckland man, who was found guilty of 16 charges of possessing, importing, exporting, distributing and making objectionable materials. The defendant appeared at Auckland ... More >>
Rotorua Man Jailed Following Customs Investigation
Monday, 14 August 2023, 6:40 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
A 37-year-old Rotorua man has been sentenced to three years and seven months’ imprisonment at Rotorua District Court today for possessing and exporting videos depicting child sexual abuse. Chief Customs Officer - Child Exploitation Operations ... More >>
Delivering On Trade With China
Monday, 31 July 2023, 11:32 am | New Zealand Customs Service
Trading with China is set to become easier for New Zealand exporters with the addition of a self-certification option with the General Administration of China Customs (China Customs). Exporters and customs brokers will now be able to complete and send ... More >>
Auckland Man Jailed For Smuggling Card Skimming Equipment
Thursday, 27 July 2023, 3:41 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
A Customs investigation has resulted in the sentencing of an Auckland man to 25 months’ prison for smuggling card skimming equipment. <img src="https://img.scoop.co.nz/stories/images/2307/ed784b1a2b1646ee53c6.jpeg" width="540" height="720"> Forty year old Rimamotu Tiavare ... More >>
Auckland Man Jailed For Smuggling Card Skimming Equipment
Thursday, 27 July 2023, 3:38 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
A Customs investigation has resulted in the sentencing of an Auckland man to 25 months’ prison for smuggling card skimming equipment. Forty year old Rimamotu Tiavare appeared in Auckland District Court this week (26 July 2023) and was convicted on ... More >>
Three People Sentenced Following Successful Customs’ Investigation Into Identity Documents Forgery Ring
Thursday, 13 July 2023, 6:13 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
As a result of a Customs operation, a Whanganui business owner and two staff have been sentenced in relation to a sophisticated forgery ring which produced false passports and identity documents and sold them worldwide. Appearing in the Whanganui District ... More >>
New Zealand Paper Arrival Card Goes Digital
Tuesday, 11 July 2023, 11:18 am | New Zealand Customs Service
Travellers arriving into Wellington or Christchurch airports now have the option to complete a digital arrival declaration instead of a paper Passenger Arrival Card. Customs is leading the new digital declaration, working alongside the Ministry of ... More >>
Customs Arrests Three For Smuggling Half Million Cigarettes
Thursday, 15 June 2023, 10:46 am | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs has arrested three Malaysian nationals for their involvement in smuggling nearly 500,000 cigarettes into New Zealand, evading approximately $675,000 in tobacco taxes. The two men and one woman are scheduled to appear in the North Shore District ... More >>
Strengthening Relations With Thailand
Tuesday, 6 June 2023, 3:06 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
A visit by officials from the Thai Office of Narcotics Control Board (ONCB) is being welcomed as an opportunity to strengthen a key bilateral relationship and support ongoing work to combat the illicit transnational narcotics trade in the Asia-Pacific ... More >>
Streamlining Trade With Thailand
Tuesday, 30 May 2023, 9:36 am | New Zealand Customs Service
Trade between New Zealand and Thailand is set to become easier, bringing advantages to traders between the two economies, thanks to a new Customs arrangement signed yesterday (29 May 2023). Christine Stevenson, Comptroller and Chief Executive of ... More >>
Methamphetamine Drug Courier Jailed In Customs-led Case
Wednesday, 24 May 2023, 2:06 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
The 28-year-old man Customs identified as the key organiser in an attempt to smuggle methamphetamine from the United States of America in a suitcase during the middle of COVID-19 lockdown has today been jailed for seven years and three months. Customs ... More >>
Cocaine Seized At Auckland Airport
Wednesday, 26 April 2023, 4:52 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
A foreign national has appeared in the Manukau District Court today, after Customs arrested her at Auckland International Airport on Tuesday (25 April), for attempting to smuggle approximately 3.25 kilograms of cocaine and 2.25 litres of liquid cocaine. ... More >>
Customs Seizes Cocaine After Ship Docks In Tauranga
Friday, 21 April 2023, 3:56 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs officers have located what is believed to be approximately 50 kilograms of cocaine hidden on a ship which docked in Tauranga this morning (21 April 2023). Customs’ Maritime Group found the drugs as part of an onboard inspection of a freighter ... More >>
Customs Publishes Cargo Clearance Study
Wednesday, 1 March 2023, 10:31 am | New Zealand Customs Service
The New Zealand Customs Service has published its latest Time Release Study (TRS), which looks at how quickly imports and exports are cleared in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Study analysed Customs’ performance in moving cargo through our border, measuring ... More >>
Customs Arrest Rotorua Man For Child Sexual Abuse Materials
Friday, 10 February 2023, 11:29 am | New Zealand Customs Service
A 33-year-old Rotorua man has been arrested by Customs yesterday for possessing and importing child sexual abuse materials. He is scheduled to appear in Court today (10 February), facing a maximum penalty of ten years’ imprisonment. Customs investigators ... More >>
Christchurch Man Jailed For Child Sexual Abuse Materials
Tuesday, 24 January 2023, 2:58 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
A 59-year-old Christchurch man has been sentenced to four years and one month of imprisonment in the Christchurch District Court today on charges of exporting and possessing child sexual abuse publications. Customs arrested the Merivale man at ... More >>
Customs Arrests Wairarapa Man For Objectionable Publications
Monday, 23 January 2023, 5:28 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs arrested a Wairarapa man at the weekend for the possession and importation of objectionable publications that depict the sexual abuse of children. The defendant has appeared at a special hearing at Wellington District Court this morning. The ... More >>
Customs Makes Two Arrests For Alleged Auckland Airport Backpack Drug Smuggling
Friday, 18 November 2022, 2:44 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs has arrested two airport baggage handlers in connection with an attempt to smuggle 4.6 kilograms of methamphetamine through Auckland International Airport. The men, aged 23 and 19, are scheduled to appear in the Manukau District Court on ... More >>
Christchurch Man Gets 16 Years’ Jail For Drug Smuggling And Money Laundering
Thursday, 3 November 2022, 4:06 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Thirty-two-year-old Sami Zagros was sentenced to 16 years in jail at the High Court in Christchurch today on a series of drug smuggling, money laundering and related charges resulting from an extensive Customs-led investigation in 2018. Customs Investigations ... More >>
Man Jailed For 10 Years For Failed Drug Smuggling Attempt
Friday, 14 October 2022, 3:39 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Auckland man, Eleazar Tahuriorangi, 33, has been sentenced to 10 years’ jail for attempting to smuggle 13.1 kilograms of methamphetamine hidden in hydraulic jacks. His involvement was uncovered in investigations led by the National Organised Crime ... More >>
