South Auckland cocaine haul: 137kg worth an estimated $40million, guns found in facility

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An investigation is underway after the discovery of an estimated $40million concealment of cocaine in Auckland. Photo / NZ Police

Police have launched an investigation after an estimated $40million worth of cocaine was found in South Auckland.

Officers were called to a facility yesterday morning after staff discovered several suspicious bags in a container.

The haul weighed 137kg and consisted of 137 individual bricks of the class A drug.

Detective
Inspector Karen Bright said a further search also uncovered two Glock pistols, ammunition magazines and around 200 rounds of ammunition.

The shipment arrived from Netherlands via Balboa, Panama, she said.