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Joint forces stop $80 million methamphetamine
Monday, 10 August 2015, 4:17 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
A joint operation between New Zealand Customs, Fiji Police Force, Fiji Revenue and Customs Authority and Australian Federal Police has stopped approximately 80 kilograms of methamphetamine from reaching its final destination. More >>
Award-winning initiative for departing passengers
Thursday, 23 July 2015, 2:49 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs and the Aviation Security Service (Avsec) have received the State Services Award for Excellence in Achieving Collective Impact, in recognition of their collaboration with Auckland International Airport to streamline the process for departing passengers. ... More >>
Customs stops record $246 million meth in six months
Wednesday, 22 July 2015, 12:21 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs has stopped up to $246 million of methamphetamine from reaching New Zealand streets in six months. Another $7.5 million destined for here was also seized in Hong Kong. More >>
Truckload of illegal drugs destroyed
Friday, 26 June 2015, 10:05 am | New Zealand Customs Service
Four hundred kilograms of illegal drugs estimated to be worth around fifty million dollars have been destroyed in a Customs drug disposal operation, marking International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. The truckload of drugs destroyed ... More >>
Four drug couriers arrested at Auckland Airport
Monday, 22 June 2015, 4:30 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Four drug couriers posing as tourists have appeared in the Manukau District Court this afternoon, charged with importing and possessing around 11 kilograms of methamphetamine. Customs stopped the individuals on arrival at Auckland International Airport yesterday, ... More >>
Tourists face long stay in New Zealand jail
Monday, 25 May 2015, 4:14 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Four Asian tourists are facing life-imprisonment after being caught allegedly trying to smuggle over 12 kilograms of methamphetamine with a street value of around $12 million into the country on Saturday. Two males and two females, in their early to ... More >>
Pensioner jailed for child sexual abuse images
Wednesday, 22 April 2015, 4:31 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
A 66-year-old Auckland man caught trading and possessing over 25,000 images and videos of child sexual abuse was sentenced to two years and five months’ imprisonment today. Geoffrey Paul Healy was convicted of 48 ‘sample’ charges of importing ... More >>
Canadian teenager jailed for importing P
Tuesday, 24 March 2015, 12:31 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
A 19-year old Canadian woman has been jailed for nine years for importing almost $2 million worth of methamphetamine or ‘P’ labelled as “vitamins and supplements”. Kionie Downing was sentenced in the Auckland District Court for importing and possessing ... More >>
New detector dog capability planned for Fiji
Tuesday, 24 February 2015, 3:58 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
New Zealand Customs and Police and Fijian authorities have started a programme to set up a detector dog unit in Fiji. More >>
Man jailed for child sexual abuse images
Friday, 13 February 2015, 3:57 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
A 54-year-old Wellington man, Peter John Wrigley, will spend six years and six months in jail for trading and possessing child sexual abuse images and indecent assault. He had over 124,000 images and videos on file, and had produced several images himself. ... More >>
Fakes fail at the border
Thursday, 8 January 2015, 5:42 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs made over 400 interceptions of counterfeit goods last year, totalling over 43,000 branded items. The most common fakes were branded sports clothes and caps, clothing, smartphones and accessories, footwear and toys from children’s films. More >>
NZ-HK Customs heads meet to strengthen ties
Tuesday, 25 November 2014, 5:26 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
A meeting between New Zealand Customs and Hong Kong Customs officials in Auckland today has strengthened the close partnership between the two agencies that continue to work together, especially to combat drug smuggling and organised crime. More >>
Visitor jailed for smuggling drugs smorgasbord
Wednesday, 5 November 2014, 4:42 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
A 39-year-old British man was today sentenced in the Manukau District Court to four years imprisonment after Customs caught him trying to smuggle a range of commercial quantities of controlled class A, B, and C drugs through Auckland Airport. More >>
Duty-Free Tobacco Reduces This Weekend
Thursday, 30 October 2014, 1:26 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs Comptroller Carolyn Tremain says on Saturday 1 November, the duty-free limit for bringing tobacco into New Zealand will reduce from 200 to 50 cigarettes or 50 grams of tobacco products. More >>
Auckland man jailed for importing drugs
Wednesday, 15 October 2014, 3:44 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Twenty-three year old Auckland man, Thomas Latu, was sentenced to four and a half years’ imprisonment today for his role in importing over 3.2 kilograms of Contac NT hidden inside tin foil parcels and security cameras. This amount of Contac NT ... More >>
New recruits to boost border protection
Monday, 29 September 2014, 5:27 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Twenty six new recruits began an intensive nine-week training course in Auckland today that will see them graduate as Customs officers in time for the busy summer season. More >>
New Customs dog graduates
Thursday, 25 September 2014, 3:42 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Graduates: Customs Officer, Daniel Evans and drug detector dog, Dirk. Comptroller of Customs Carolyn Tremain congratulated Customs’ newest detector dog team at a graduation ceremony at the Police Dog Training Centre in Trentham today. Customs ... More >>
Ten millionth traveller uses SmartGate
Wednesday, 17 September 2014, 5:20 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
The 10 millionth traveller to pass through SmartGate, Customs’ automated passenger processing system, was greeted by Customs Manager Passenger Operations, Peter Lewis today at Auckland International Airport. More >>
Auckland man convicted for bags of cash
Tuesday, 16 September 2014, 4:09 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
A 59-year-old Auckland man was convicted, fined $800, and ordered to pay court costs in the Auckland District Court today for attempting to take Chinese Yuan (CNY) 700,000 (NZ$136,452) cash out of the country without declaring it. Customs also seized his ... More >>
Duty-free tobacco limits to drop soon
Thursday, 4 September 2014, 11:42 am | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs Comptroller Carolyn Tremain says this week travellers will begin to see advertising in airports and in-flight magazines alerting them to the November reduction in duty-free tobacco limits. “From 1 November the duty-free limit for tobacco brought ... More >>
