Source: New Zealand Police –
Headline: More than two million dollars worth of methamphetamine seized at the border
Location:
Auckland City
Police with the assistance of Customs have arrested and charged two people following the seizure of 13.5 kilograms of methamphetamine at Auckland International Airport.
The drugs, which have a street value of approximately $2.4 million, were brought into New Zealand concealed within heavy steel machinery.
Over the weekend the National Organised Crime Group executed two search warrants at Waikato addresses and a 22-year-old Waikato man was arrested and charged with importation of the Class A controlled drug Methamphetamine.