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| Subject: Outrageous! $22m methampetamine haul seized at NZ border Mon Dec 22, 2014 8:51 pm | |
| Police and Customs have made New Zealand's second-biggest methamphetamine haul, finding 22 kilograms of the drug hidden in cargo from Taiwan.
Police said the drug, with an estimated street value of $22 million, was seized on December 5 as part of an operation codenamed Georgie.
Two Taiwanese nationals have been arrested and charged with importing methamphetamine and possession of methamphetamine for supply.
Detective Senior Sergeant Colin Parmenter, of the Organised and Financial Crime Agency, said the haul was the second-largest border seizure of the drug in New Zealand history, topped only by a 2006 seizure of 95kg of methamphetamine.
Customs investigations manager Maurice O'Brien said the import attempt involved a "sophisticated concealment method".
"These criminals took a big risk and went to a lot of effort to try and smuggle the drugs undetected, but Customs' officers and systems are alert to such shipments," O'Brien said.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/64417657/22m-methampetamine-haul-seized-at-border |
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