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Auckland Man Sentenced For Smuggling Card-Skimming Equipment
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 9:00 am | New Zealand Customs Service
This sentencing concludes a case in which a second man, also a 21-year-old from Auckland, was sentenced in the Auckland District Court in November 2024 to 10 months’ home detention for the same charges. More >>
Customs Seizes Nearly 70 Kilograms Of Drugs At Auckland Airport
Friday, 30 May 2025, 4:28 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
The drugs were seized in two separate interceptions at Auckland International Airport overnight (Thursday 29 May 2025). More >>
130 Kilograms Of Cocaine Seized By Customs In Tauranga
Tuesday, 27 May 2025, 4:31 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs urges the public and those working in the maritime environment to remain vigilant at all times. Suspicions about drug smuggling can be reported by calling 0800 WE PROTECT (0800 937 768) in confidence, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 ... More >>
Customs Opens eGates To 11 More Countries And Territories
Monday, 26 May 2025, 2:29 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs has now opened its eGates to 48 countries, in total, and will later this year enable further countries to use the gates, helping make border processing systems more efficient, smart, and easy to use. More >>
Man Sentenced To 4 Years & 9 Months’ Imprisonment Following Customs Investigation Into Child Sexual Abuse Material
Friday, 16 May 2025, 5:31 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
We continue to work closely with our colleagues at New Zealand Police and the Department of Internal Affairs, as well as our offshore partners, to combat this despicable trade and protect our border and vulnerable children all over the world, from those ... More >>
Customs Seizes 157 Kilograms Of Cocaine In Tauranga
Friday, 9 May 2025, 12:04 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
These seizures are part of Customs’ ongoing targeting and search efforts in collaboration with industry, domestic and international law enforcement to disrupt drug smuggling by transnational and serious organised crime groups. More >>
Customs Seizes 90 Kilograms Of Methamphetamine Across Two Flights In 12 Hours
Monday, 28 April 2025, 4:15 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
It is estimated that these two seizures of methamphetamine would have had a street value of up to NZ$34 million and caused up to NZ$95 million in potential harm and cost to New Zealand. More >>
Man Jailed For Major South Island Tobacco Seizure
Wednesday, 16 April 2025, 3:56 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Acting Chief Customs Officer, Fraud and Prohibition, Bevan Cameron, says the size of the operation, the level of sophistication and the amount of tobacco involved make this one of the South Island’s most significant seizures. More >>
Customs Seizes 52 Kilograms Of Methamphetamine And Cocaine In Two Smuggling Attempts Over Weekend
Monday, 14 April 2025, 5:37 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
It is estimated this amount of methamphetamine and cocaine would have had a combined street value of up to NZ$19.7 million and caused around NZ$54 million in potential harm and cost to New Zealand. More >>
Customs Intercepts Two Drug Smuggling Attempts At Auckland Airport, Seizing 25 Kilograms In One Night
Wednesday, 9 April 2025, 8:37 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs Acting Manager Auckland Airport, Benjamin Wells, says the two intercepts show the various lengths criminals will go to in getting drugs across the border. More >>
Customs Welcomes 20-years Of Cooperation With China
Thursday, 3 April 2025, 11:56 am | New Zealand Customs Service
Originally in place to increase cooperation with China Customs in combating the movement of illicit drugs from reaching New Zealand, the Customs Counsellor role has evolved to also enhance the two-way trade relationship between both countries. More >>
Drug Courier Caught With 15 Kilograms Methamphetamine
Thursday, 27 March 2025, 3:53 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
During a baggage search at Auckland International Airport, Customs officers found 14 individually vacuum-sealed packages containing a white crystal substance. Initial testing returned a positive result for the presence of methamphetamine. More >>
Customs Arrests Three Airport Workers For Smuggling 58 Kilograms Of Methamphetamine
Thursday, 20 March 2025, 4:27 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs, working closely with industry partners, identified suspicious activity within airport precincts. Investigations established that the three workers had moved a container off a flight from Malaysia at Auckland International Airport on 12 March ... More >>
Customs Agencies Bolster New Zealand-India Engagement To Improve Market Access
Tuesday, 18 March 2025, 11:34 am | New Zealand Customs Service
The MRA was exchanged in front of Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and PrimeMinister of India Narendra Modi. Ms Stevenson was in India to support Prime Minister Luxon's delegation and join bilateral engagements. More >>
Customs Seizes 36 Kilograms Of Methamphetamine In Unaccompanied Luggage
Thursday, 6 March 2025, 3:53 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs Auckland Airport Manager, Paul Williams, says this is another great example of collaboration by agencies and stakeholders within the aviation sector to combat the smuggling of illicit drugs. More >>
Customs Seizes Over 100 Kilograms Of Cocaine At Auckland Airport
Tuesday, 18 February 2025, 2:15 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
On examination, Customs officers located 85 bricks of a substance that had been wrapped in black film and clear plastic wrapping. Initial testing indicated positive for cocaine. More >>
Passenger Jailed For Six-and-a-half Years For 4.4 Kgs Of Drugs
Wednesday, 29 January 2025, 5:43 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
The Dutch national was sentenced in the Manukau District Court on Tuesday 28 January and convicted with the importation of the Class A controlled drug. More >>
Customs Celebrates Successes On International Customs Day
Friday, 24 January 2025, 11:25 am | New Zealand Customs Service
Comptroller and Chief Executive of the New Zealand Customs Service, Christine Stevenson, says Customs’ efforts in 2024 have resulted in the seizure of approximately 4,900 kilograms of illicit drugs, preventing approximately $4.8 billion in social and economic ... More >>
Customs Arrests Passenger For 31 Kgs Of Methamphetamine In Suitcases
Monday, 20 January 2025, 6:03 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
The seized methamphetamine equates to close to 1.6 million individual doses, with a potential street value of up to NZ$11 million. This seizure is estimated to have prevented up to NZ$33 million in social harm and cost to New Zealand. More >>
Three-and-a-half-year Jail Sentence Following Customs Investigation
Friday, 17 January 2025, 4:51 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Chief Customs Officer - Child Exploitation Operations Team, Simon Peterson, says not only did this man have images and videos of distressing sexual abuse of real children, but he also had hyper-realistic computer-generated videos of children being ... More >>
