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Customs Investigation Leads To Sentencing Of Auckland Couple Over Thousands Of Illegal Weapons
Wednesday, 6 May 2026, 12:53 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Between October 2022 and February 2025, the married couple used their company, Kai Yuan 365 Limited, to import and sell prohibited goods sourced from China. More >>
Customs Make Multiple Arrests In Nitrous Oxide Seizures
Monday, 4 May 2026, 12:00 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Nitrous oxide is a harmful product when it is diverted for recreational use. Large-scale illegal importation poses real risks to communities, particularly young people, and can contribute to wider drug-related harm. More >>
Customs Makes Multiple Arrests In Drug Courier Crackdown – And Sends Warning To Young New Zealanders
Friday, 24 April 2026, 4:33 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
We want young New Zealanders to be aware of the consequences. Customs urges you not to sacrifice future freedoms for the promise of fast money and free travel. More >>
Man Jailed Following Customs Investigation Into Forged And Falsified Documents
Tuesday, 31 March 2026, 10:38 am | New Zealand Customs Service
In total, the defendant forged 17 invoices to the value of NZ$35,340.79, of which he received NZ$28,271.25 for 12 invoices. More >>
Strengthening Border Security With Samoa And Tonga
Thursday, 19 March 2026, 5:14 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
New Zealand Customs and New Zealand Police officials were in Samoa and Tonga to support Prime Minister Luxon's delegation and join bilateral engagements. More >>
Joint Pacific Operation Results In 4.2 Tonne Cocaine Intercept
Thursday, 5 February 2026, 5:57 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
The vessel had been identified by French Customs in Polynesia as part of an investigation in collaboration with NZ Customs, the NZDF and the GCSB, which provided assistance with maritime intelligence to support the interception. More >>
New Zealand Signs Memorandum To Strengthen Customs Cooperation With Saudi Arabia
Monday, 2 February 2026, 11:16 am | New Zealand Customs Service
This Memorandum will help to establish a platform for direct dialogue between both customs administrations and enable information sharing on trade as well as the movement of people. More >>
Alleged Drug Courier Caught With 18 Kilograms Of Methamphetamine
Tuesday, 6 January 2026, 12:27 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
The passengerarrived from Singapore on 4 January 2026 and was referred to Customs for further questioning. More >>
Man Jailed After Record Airport Seizure Of Objectionable Material
Wednesday, 17 December 2025, 10:21 am | New Zealand Customs Service
A total of 21,482 objectionable images and video files were located across six devices. Over 15,000 of these were child sexual exploitation material. More >>
Cocaine Seized In Tauranga As Customs Cracks Down On Illicit Smuggling This Summer
Monday, 15 December 2025, 3:14 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
The seizure was discovered in a refrigerated container on board a vessel that originated in Peru and transited through Balboa, Panama, before arriving in Tauranga on 11 December 2025. More >>
Customs Urges Public To Help Protect New Zealand’s Border This Summer
Monday, 15 December 2025, 10:59 am | New Zealand Customs Service
Manager Maritime, Robert Smith, says summer is a busy time for Customs, and vigilance by everyone can help to detect and deter criminal activity along our coastlines. More >>
Customs Seizes 45 Kilograms Of Cocaine In Tauranga
Monday, 8 December 2025, 6:54 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs Manager Maritime, Robert Smith, says Customs remains vigilant at New Zealand’s seaports, working to disrupt transnational, serious and organised crime groups from exploiting our maritime border and legitimate trade routes and shipments. More >>
Jail For Global Child Sexual Abuse Ring Member Following Customs Investigation
Friday, 5 December 2025, 12:13 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
He received four years and ten months’ imprisonment following a Customs investigation which began in August 2024. He has been placed on the child sex offender register. More >>
Customs Arrests A 19-year-old Passenger With 15 Kilograms Of Methamphetamine
Monday, 1 December 2025, 3:25 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Acting Customs Manager Auckland Airport Ben Wells credits the seizure to the layered defence approach and robust processes Customs has in place to catch drug couriers. More >>
Customs Seizes 33 Kilograms Of Cocaine In Tauranga
Thursday, 27 November 2025, 12:33 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Both seizures were found in refrigerated containers on board a vessel that originated in Ecuador and transited through Balboa, Panama, before arriving in Tauranga on 20 November 2025. More >>
Customs Investigation Leads To Jail For Kāpiti Coast Man
Friday, 21 November 2025, 1:52 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Further forensic analysis uncovered 31,238 objectionable image and video files including extreme sexual abuse of pre-pubescent children and infants, some of which had been shared through a private messaging application. More >>
Customs Arrests Masterton Man For Methamphetamine Sent Through Mail
Wednesday, 19 November 2025, 12:09 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
This included concealments of the drug in a painting, and in roller-skate knee pads. This amount of methamphetamine would have had an estimated street value of NZ$3 million. More >>
Customs Catches Five Methamphetamine Couriers In Just Over A Week
Wednesday, 12 November 2025, 4:16 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs Auckland Airport Manager, Paul Williams, says it’s been a record year for Auckland Airport in terms of drug seizures, with frontline Customs officers seizing an estimated 670 kilograms of methamphetamine and cocaine from passengers. More >>
Customs Seizes 35 Kilograms Of Cocaine In Dunedin
Friday, 7 November 2025, 2:53 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
The container, which originated in South America, was flagged by Customs Intelligence for inspection before it arrived at Port Chalmers on Sunday, 26 October 2025. More >>
Four Arrested As Customs Finds 1.2 Tonnes Of Tobacco And A Cannabis Grow-House
Thursday, 23 October 2025, 12:57 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
During search warrants carried out yesterday (22 October), Customs investigators located an estimated 1,200 kilograms of loose tobacco in an Auckland storage unit, and a commercial quantity of cigarettes at a residential address. More >>
