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Customs Seizes Cocaine After Ship Docks In Tauranga
Friday, 21 April 2023, 3:56 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs officers have located what is believed to be approximately 50 kilograms of cocaine hidden on a ship which docked in Tauranga this morning (21 April 2023). Customs’ Maritime Group found the drugs as part of an onboard inspection of a freighter ... More >>
Customs Publishes Cargo Clearance Study
Wednesday, 1 March 2023, 10:31 am | New Zealand Customs Service
The New Zealand Customs Service has published its latest Time Release Study (TRS), which looks at how quickly imports and exports are cleared in Aotearoa New Zealand. The Study analysed Customs’ performance in moving cargo through our border, measuring ... More >>
Customs Arrest Rotorua Man For Child Sexual Abuse Materials
Friday, 10 February 2023, 11:29 am | New Zealand Customs Service
A 33-year-old Rotorua man has been arrested by Customs yesterday for possessing and importing child sexual abuse materials. He is scheduled to appear in Court today (10 February), facing a maximum penalty of ten years’ imprisonment. Customs investigators ... More >>
Christchurch Man Jailed For Child Sexual Abuse Materials
Tuesday, 24 January 2023, 2:58 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
A 59-year-old Christchurch man has been sentenced to four years and one month of imprisonment in the Christchurch District Court today on charges of exporting and possessing child sexual abuse publications. Customs arrested the Merivale man at ... More >>
Customs Arrests Wairarapa Man For Objectionable Publications
Monday, 23 January 2023, 5:28 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs arrested a Wairarapa man at the weekend for the possession and importation of objectionable publications that depict the sexual abuse of children. The defendant has appeared at a special hearing at Wellington District Court this morning. The ... More >>
Customs Makes Two Arrests For Alleged Auckland Airport Backpack Drug Smuggling
Friday, 18 November 2022, 2:44 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs has arrested two airport baggage handlers in connection with an attempt to smuggle 4.6 kilograms of methamphetamine through Auckland International Airport. The men, aged 23 and 19, are scheduled to appear in the Manukau District Court on ... More >>
Christchurch Man Gets 16 Years’ Jail For Drug Smuggling And Money Laundering
Thursday, 3 November 2022, 4:06 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Thirty-two-year-old Sami Zagros was sentenced to 16 years in jail at the High Court in Christchurch today on a series of drug smuggling, money laundering and related charges resulting from an extensive Customs-led investigation in 2018. Customs Investigations ... More >>
Man Jailed For 10 Years For Failed Drug Smuggling Attempt
Friday, 14 October 2022, 3:39 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Auckland man, Eleazar Tahuriorangi, 33, has been sentenced to 10 years’ jail for attempting to smuggle 13.1 kilograms of methamphetamine hidden in hydraulic jacks. His involvement was uncovered in investigations led by the National Organised Crime ... More >>
Customs Makes A Further Arrest Over Methamphetamine In Suitcase
Friday, 14 October 2022, 2:46 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
A 39-year Auckland man has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in smuggling methamphetamine into New Zealand, following Customs’ search of a Māngere address this morning. This morning’s arrest relates to the alleged importation of the Class ... More >>
Customs Makes A Further Arrest Over Methamphetamine In Suitcase
Friday, 14 October 2022, 2:27 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
A 39-year Auckland man has been arrested on suspicion of involvement in smuggling methamphetamine into New Zealand, following Customs’ search of a Māngere address this morning. This morning’s arrest relates to the alleged importation of the Class ... More >>
Arrest Follows International Tip-offs To Customs Over Child Exploitation Material
Friday, 7 October 2022, 3:38 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Customs investigations have led to the arrest of a 39-year-old man in Auckland on Friday (7 October 2022) for allegedly uploading and distributing objectionable material online, which depicts the sexual exploitation of children. Customs’ Child Exploitation ... More >>
Auckland Man Lands Community Detention For Fashion Imports
Wednesday, 27 July 2022, 3:32 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Auckland man Dongguan Kang was today sentenced in Auckland District Court to 3 months electronically monitored community detention for defrauding Customs revenue. He had been undervaluing clothing and shoes which he imported for resale through his fashion ... More >>
Mutual Recognition Arrangement To Ease Trade With The United Kingdom
Monday, 4 July 2022, 1:46 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
A new Customs arrangement between New Zealand and the United Kingdom (UK) will make it easier for our exporters to access one of New Zealand’s largest export markets, Christine Stevenson, Customs Comptroller and Chief Executive said today. A Mutual ... More >>
Jail Term For $4.9 Million Tobacco Fraudster
Friday, 1 July 2022, 1:43 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
A man was sentenced in the Auckland District Court today on charges of defrauding the revenue of Customs and money laundering after being linked to two shipments containing a total of 4.2 million cigarettes. 38-year-old man Hoong Ping Lee was sentenced to ... More >>
Customs arrests man for smuggling 62 kilograms of meth'
Monday, 27 June 2022, 12:25 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
A 31-year-old man has appeared in the Auckland District Court this morning, charged with importing a Class A drug after Customs carried out a search warrant in Auckland on Thursday night (23 June 2022). More >>
Arrest At Auckland International Airport For Smuggling Methamphetamine
Friday, 10 June 2022, 5:25 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
Attributed to Cam Moore, Customs Manager Investigations. Customs have arrested a man at Auckland International Airport today for attempting to smuggle two kilograms of methamphetamine into the country from a flight departing Santiago. The methamphetamine, ... More >>
Passenger Jailed For Carrying Child Sexual Abuse Material
Friday, 6 May 2022, 5:01 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
A 42-year-old man was today sentenced in the Auckland District Court to two years and five months’ imprisonment for knowingly importing objectionable publications depicting the sexual abuse of children. He was also registered on the Child Sex Offender ... More >>
New Zealand Traveller Declaration Open For All Travellers
Tuesday, 29 March 2022, 3:51 pm | New Zealand Customs Service
From 11:59pm 31 March 2022, everyone travelling to New Zealand by air is required to complete and submit a New Zealand Traveller Declaration. The New Zealand Traveller Declaration system requires travellers to upload their recent travel history and ... More >>
Record Breaking Cocaine Seizure In Shipment
Wednesday, 16 March 2022, 11:17 am | New Zealand Customs Service
New Zealand Customs has seized more than 700 kilograms of cocaine that was being smuggled in a shipping container. This breaks its record border seizure of 613 kilograms of methamphetamine that was intercepted in Auckland two weeks earlier. Using intelligence ... More >>
New Zealand And The Netherlands Welcome New Information Sharing Agreement
Friday, 11 March 2022, 9:07 am | New Zealand Customs Service
New Zealand and the Netherlands welcome the Agreement between New Zealand and the Kingdom of the Netherlands on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Customs Matters Agreement (CMAA) that was signed on Thursday March 10 in Wellington. The CMAA will ... More >>
