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Kiwi man gets 5 months’ jail for meth in pocket

Friday, 9 June 2017, 8:57 pm | New Zealand Customs Service

A 50-year-old New Zealand man was sentenced to five months’ imprisonment in the Wellington District Court today for bringing 1.5 grams of methamphetamine through the airport earlier this year. More >>

Customs arrests Canadian for $4.8m meth candles

Friday, 9 June 2017, 4:35 pm | New Zealand Customs Service

Customs investigators have arrested a 36-year-old Canadian man this afternoon for 4.8 kilograms of methamphetamine found hidden inside a consignment of candles. More >>

New detector dogs bolster NZ and Fiji border security

Friday, 2 June 2017, 11:23 am | New Zealand Customs Service

Nine detector dog teams bound for Wellington, Auckland and Fiji have graduated from the Royal New Zealand Police College’s Dog Training Centre. More >>

Man jailed for 15 years for smuggling $176 million meth

Tuesday, 9 May 2017, 1:31 pm | New Zealand Customs Service

A 20-year-old Hong Kong man was sentenced to 15 years and 5 months’ imprisonment in the Auckland District Court today for importing 176 kilograms of methamphetamine, with a street value of around $176 million, which Customs seized from shipping containers ... More >>

Trio arrested at Christchurch airport for smuggling MDMA

Friday, 7 April 2017, 4:54 pm | New Zealand Customs Service

Customs has arrested and charged three foreign nationals after locating 5 kilograms of MDMA, worth $2.1 million, hidden in the lining of their luggage. They appeared in the Christchurch District Court today. More >>

Couple in custody for multiple meth packages

Thursday, 6 April 2017, 4:50 pm | New Zealand Customs Service

A young Vietnamese couple appeared in the Auckland District Court today, facing multiple charges after Customs connected them to methamphetamine packages sent from Canada. Both remain in custody and are due to reappear in court on 2 May. More >>

Brazilian passenger arrested for $3.2 million cocaine

Tuesday, 4 April 2017, 11:51 am | New Zealand Customs Service

A Brazilian woman is spending her 29th birthday in New Zealand prison today, after Customs arrested her at Auckland Airport on Sunday for 4.6 kilograms cocaine smuggled in her luggage. She is due to appear in the Manukau District Court on Friday (7 April). More >>

Coin seals patrol vessel’s good fortune

Wednesday, 22 March 2017, 10:00 am | New Zealand Customs Service

22 March 2017 Coin seals patrol vessel’s good fortune A traditional coin ceremony held with Q-West boat builders in Wanganui yesterday put Customs’ official seal on the powerhouse of its new patrol vessel Hawk V. Deputy Comptroller Operations, ... More >>

Customs stops 1.2 tonnes of methamphetamine

Tuesday, 28 February 2017, 11:48 am | New Zealand Customs Service

Customs’ statistics show just over 413 kilograms of methamphetamine and almost 1.1 tonnes of its precursors, with a potential meth yield of up to 809 kilograms, were seized at our border in 2016. This adds up to $1.2 billion worth of meth that ... More >>

Tobacco fraudster jailed

Monday, 27 February 2017, 3:37 pm | New Zealand Customs Service

Company Director, Amar Raouf Shakib, was today sentenced in the Auckland District Court to three years, four months’ jail after being found guilty on 43 fraud charges, including forgery, conspiracy, defrauding the revenue of Customs and false accounting. More >>

Customs cracks down on child exploitation

Friday, 17 February 2017, 11:40 am | New Zealand Customs Service

17 February 2017 Customs cracks down on child exploitation Customs’ crackdown on child exploitation has resulted in four separate arrests of passengers carrying objectionable images and New Zealanders caught online. On Friday 13 January, Customs profiling ... More >>

Team established to pinpoint border risk

Monday, 5 December 2016, 10:57 am | New Zealand Customs Service

New intelligence tools will help Customs catch more methamphetamine smugglers and the Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) keep biosecurity pests offshore. More >>

Customs seizes $176 million of meth from shipping containers

Friday, 28 October 2016, 1:08 pm | New Zealand Customs Service

A 20-year-old Hong Kong national appeared in the Auckland District Court this morning on a charge relating to his role in attempting to smuggle an estimated 176 kilograms of methamphetamine, with a potential street value of $176 million, into New Zealand. More >>

Man jailed for importing precursors for $8M worth of ‘P’

Thursday, 15 September 2016, 12:28 pm | New Zealand Customs Service

A 32-year-old man was sentenced to 5 years’ imprisonment in the Auckland District Court yesterday for importing over 12 kilograms of pseudoephedrine and ephedrine, precursors to manufacture ‘P’. More >>

Latvian traveller jailed for smuggling P in baby carriers

Wednesday, 14 September 2016, 5:16 pm | New Zealand Customs Service

A 20-year-old Latvian man was sentenced today to six years’ imprisonment for importing and possessing methamphetamine or ‘P’ in his suitcase. More >>

Visitor jailed for $1.9 million precursor packages

Thursday, 8 September 2016, 5:02 pm | New Zealand Customs Service

A 31-year-old Chinese man has been sentenced to eight years’ imprisonment for attempting to import multiple packages of ephedrine - a precursor to methamphetamine - hidden in hand warmers, ashtrays and belts. More >>

Taiwanese man jailed for ‘P’-lined suitcases

Tuesday, 16 August 2016, 3:31 pm | New Zealand Customs Service

Taiwanese man jailed for ‘P’-lined suitcases A 21-year-old Taiwanese drug courier has been sentenced to 11 years 6 months’ imprisonment for his role in attempting to smuggle methamphetamine or ‘P’ with a street value of approximately $9.5 million ... More >>