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Man sentenced after smuggling child objectionable material

Monday, 30 May 2011, 3:52 pm | New Zealand Customs Service

A man who smuggled hundreds of movie and still images showing children as young as two-years-old being sexually abused was sentenced this week to one year and 11 months imprisonment after a New Zealand Customs Service investigation. More >>

Customs continues successful run of drug seizures

Wednesday, 18 May 2011, 2:15 pm | New Zealand Customs Service

Since the beginning of May, New Zealand Customs has made five separate drug seizures, including stopping a new drug hitting the streets. New drug an emerging threat In Blenheim, Christchurch-based officers made an arrest after mail bound for Blenheim ... More >>

Ten “P” smugglers caught in single Customs hit

Wednesday, 27 April 2011, 11:54 am | New Zealand Customs Service

A group of ten Malaysian drug couriers, all in the same tour group and all carrying crystal methamphetamine (P) in their shoes, were caught by Customs officers at Auckland Airport yesterday. More >>

Man caught with 6,300 images of child objectionable material

Thursday, 17 February 2011, 1:22 pm | New Zealand Customs Service

A man who downloaded thousands of objectionable images of children has been arrested and charged with importation after a New Zealand Customs Service investigation. The man, a 52-year-old New Zealand resident, was investigated after information from ... More >>

Woman ‘P’ swallower caught at Auckland Airport

Friday, 11 February 2011, 1:25 pm | New Zealand Customs Service

A woman carrying 40 pellets of crystal methamphetamine (P) inside her body in an attempt to smuggle it through Auckland Airport, is now in custody after New Zealand Customs stopped and searched her. More >>

New border protection system unveiled

Friday, 19 November 2010, 5:07 pm | New Zealand Customs Service

Today a new maritime command and control system, designed to further improve New Zealand’s border security, was launched in Wellington. More >>

Protecting the border for 55 years

Thursday, 15 July 2010, 5:01 pm | New Zealand Customs Service

Come Friday, Auckland Customs officer Brian Redfern will be celebrated as New Zealand’s longest-serving Customs officer. More >>

Customs intercept $3 million of P precursor

Tuesday, 9 March 2010, 4:03 pm | New Zealand Customs Service

A combined Police and Customs operation has resulted in the interception of 67 kg of the drug precursor Contac NT. A wholesale value of approx $3 million. More >>

CMP Canterbury join Customs’ Secure Exports Scheme

Wednesday, 10 February 2010, 4:33 pm | New Zealand Customs Service

Today CMP Canterbury, one of New Zealand’s biggest meat exporters, partnered with the New Zealand Customs Service in Customs’ Secure Exports Scheme (SES), ensuring CMP experience speedier clearance times and greater trade facilitation. More >>

Extreme child objectionable material seized

Tuesday, 4 August 2009, 12:54 pm | New Zealand Customs Service

Two seamen on a visiting cargo ship were convicted in North Shore District Court on Friday after being prosecuted by the New Zealand Customs Service for the importation of objectionable material involving extreme sexual exploitation of children. More >>

Customs' weekend haul - $4.8 mil worth potential P

Tuesday, 17 March 2009, 5:27 pm | New Zealand Customs Service

The last week has been a very successful one for New Zealand Customs officers at Auckland Airport and at the International Mail Centre, also in Auckland, with approximately 17 kilo's of Contac NT intercepted. More >>

NZ Customs Stops $28 million of Potential "P"

Thursday, 23 October 2008, 10:46 am | New Zealand Customs Service

New Zealand Customs has seized a 100-kilo shipment of Contac NT (pseudoephedrine) at the border, only weeks after an 80-kilo seizure that had been the third largest haul of its kind seen here. More >>

Enough Pseudoephredrine for $20 million of P

Friday, 5 September 2008, 12:15 am | New Zealand Customs Service

New Zealand Customs Service officers have seized 80-kilos of Contac NT (pseudoephedrine), enough to produce as much as 24-kilos of Methamphetamine (P) with a street value of around $20 million. More >>

Email Scam

Friday, 25 July 2008, 12:00 am | New Zealand Customs Service

New Zealand Customs Service is aware of an email scam where members of the public are being informed that a parcel is awaiting Customs clearance. The email asks that a declaration form be filled in and returned so that the parcel can be released. More >>

Smugglers getting more creative

Friday, 27 June 2008, 11:00 am | New Zealand Customs Service

Importations of drugs are being concealed by increasingly sophisticated methods in everyday items in attempts to get them across the border. New Zealand Customs Service officers are taking every opportunity to thwart the smugglers. More >>

$25 Million worth of drugs off the streets

Thursday, 26 June 2008, 4:00 pm | New Zealand Customs Service

In the four years since New Zealand Customs Service Drug Detector dogs have been trained to detect pseudoephedrine, they have found over 100kg. This amount of precursor would have been used to make approximately $25 million worth of crystal methamphetamine. More >>