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Customs Arrests Businessman For Wound-back Odometers
Wednesday, 24 July 2024, 3:38 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
This offending is serious not just from a border but also consumer fraud perspective as the suspect was supplying false import documents as well as duping buyers selling older vehicles for higher profit. More >>
Man Arrested Over Imported Tea That Turns Out To Be Illicit Tobacco
Tuesday, 25 June 2024, 2:53 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
A joint Customs and Police investigation has uncovered an alleged illegal cigarette factory in Christchurch, leading to the seizure of a commercial quantity of illicit tobacco and an arrest. More >>
Customs And Navy Stop Transnational Organised Crime Cocaine Smuggling Attempt
Tuesday, 11 June 2024, 3:43 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs and the Royal New Zealand Navy recently seized a seven-kilogram shipment of cocaine attached with a magnet to the side of a ship’s hull. The joint operation in April combined Customs maritime as well as Royal New Zealand Navy dive and explosives ... More >>
Customs Opens eGates For 10-year-olds And Six More Countries
Monday, 27 May 2024, 9:51 am | New Zealand Customs Service
The age eligibility to use eGates has been reduced from 12-years-old to 10-years-old, bringing New Zealand in line with Australia and the United Kingdom. Access has also been extended to ePassport holders from six European countries: Belgium, Denmark, ... More >>
Customs Arrests Christchurch Man For Child Sexual Abuse Material
Wednesday, 22 May 2024, 4:10 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs has arrested a Christchurch man for his alleged involvement in the online exploitation of children. He is scheduled to appear in the Christchurch District Court this afternoon, Wednesday 22 May 2024. More >>
Northland Man Jailed For Sharing Child Sexual Abuse Material
Thursday, 16 May 2024, 4:10 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs initially received a referral from the US-based National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) after an overseas-based social media platform alleged a New Zealander had exported objectionable publications to their platform. More >>
Customs Arrests Five; Cigarettes, Guns And Cash Seized
Monday, 13 May 2024, 3:45 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
A Customs investigation has led to five arrests in Auckland and the seizure of over 1.36 million illicit cigarettes, two firearms, and a substantial amount of cash. More >>
Traveller Jailed For Cocaine-filled Suitcase And Cosmetics
Thursday, 9 May 2024, 1:21 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Delphine Ganon, aged 42, appeared in the Manukau District Court today (Thursday 9 May 2024), and was convicted for importing and possessing a Class A controlled drug (cocaine). More >>
Passenger Jailed For Attempting To Smuggle 26 Kilograms Of Methamphetamine
Wednesday, 8 May 2024, 2:47 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
The man was convicted for the importation of a Class A controlled drug, which carries a maximum penalty of life imprisonment. More >>
A Step Forward For Simpler Trade Between New Zealand And Singapore
Tuesday, 16 April 2024, 8:18 am | New Zealand Customs Service
The New Zealand Customs Service has signed an arrangement with Singapore that will help to make trade simpler for exporters. A cooperation arrangement with Singapore Customs and Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) was signed ... More >>
Man Jailed For Smuggling 6 Tonnes Tobacco And Evading $10 Million
Friday, 12 April 2024, 2:02 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
A 60-year-old Auckland businessman was sentenced in the Auckland District Court today to 28 months’ imprisonment for his role in smuggling 5982 kilograms of loose tobacco from Tonga, evading more than NZD$10 million ($10,300,945) in import and ... More >>
International Travellers Can Ditch Paper And Go Digital
Thursday, 28 March 2024, 10:04 am | New Zealand Customs Service
The New Zealand Traveller Declaration (NZTD) is now in full use for both air and maritime travellers arriving in New Zealand, including passengers and crew of international cruise ships. “We know the system works, enabling a more automated and streamlined ... More >>
Customs Investigation Sends Waikato Man Behind Bars On Child Sexual Abuse Material Charges
Wednesday, 27 March 2024, 5:10 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
He has been jailed for three years, following conviction on 11 charges of possessing, exporting and making child sexual abuse material following a Customs investigation. More >>
Customs Bags 63kg Of Illicit Drugs At Auckland Airport
Friday, 15 March 2024, 3:05 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs has arrested two alleged drug couriers at Auckland Airport, in separate smuggling attempts this week, seizing a total of nearly 63 kilograms of illegal drugs. The two incidents are not believed to be related. On Wednesday (13 March 2024), Customs ... More >>
Child Sexual Abuse Images Lead To Jail Time For Auckland Man
Monday, 4 March 2024, 1:11 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
A Customs investigation has resulted in jail time for a 33-year-old Auckland man, who was today sentenced to four years and four months’ imprisonment in the Auckland District Court for 32 charges relating to the possession and sharing of objectionable ... More >>
Customs Investigation Results In Jail Time For Wairarapa Man
Thursday, 15 February 2024, 3:20 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
A Wairarapa man has been jailed to three years and four months’ imprisonment for the import, possession and distribution of objectionable publications, which depict the sexual abuse of children. He was also convicted for making objectionable publications, ... More >>
A Key Organiser In Drug Smuggling Case Jailed For 14 Years
Wednesday, 14 February 2024, 11:48 am | New Zealand Customs Service
A 47-year-old man who played an essential role in a failed drug smuggling attempt through Auckland Airport, when the border was shut three years ago, was today jailed for 14-years-seven-months. In May 2020, Customs officers arrested a passenger at ... More >>
Customs Seizes Ecstasy And Methamphetamine From Imported Vehicles
Thursday, 8 February 2024, 2:11 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs has seized significant quantities of methamphetamine and MDMA ecstasy following searches of imported vehicles. Customs officers discovered nearly 150 (149.8) kilograms of MDMA and 67 kilograms of methamphetamine hidden in panels of vans which had recently ... More >>
Building Customs Drug Detection Across The Pacific
Tuesday, 12 December 2023, 3:27 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Frontline Customs officers and officials from 18 Pacific nations have been welcomed for a week-long training and visit focussed on illicit drug smuggling, which is being co-hosted by the New Zealand Customs Service and Oceania Customs Organisation (OCO). ... More >>
Customs Warns Drug Couriers After Two Are Jailed
Thursday, 7 December 2023, 2:48 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Two Brazilian nationals were today sentenced in the Manukau District Court to prison terms after Customs found them trying to smuggle a total of five kilograms of cocaine, worth up to $2.2 million, through Auckland International Airport in separate cases ... More >>
