Cigarette-smuggling surge: 8.3 million seized by Customs this year
Last year, a total of 19,905kg of tobacco was seized, including 14.8 million individual cigarettes. The figures meant…
Guns, cash and drugs seized in transtasman gang crackdown operation
Police also carried out “activity” in the Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Central and Tasman districts. One warrant was…
Cocaine worth $35m found in Prada-branded bricks at Tauranga port
This week’s seizure comes almost two months after 48kg of cocaine, with an estimated street value of $16.8m,…
Elderly Huapai man attacked by two dogs dragging a chair, animals seized
Trying to give the dogs enough space, he said he walked across the grass berm, close to the…
Wellington Airport drug bust: 39kg of meth found disguised as tea
Customs said the seizure had an estimated street value of $13 million. Central and Southern Airports manager Brittany…
Hawke’s Bay gang crackdown: Nine arrested, 17 guns and drugs seized
A further nine people had been arrested and face a range of charges, including drug dealing and firearms…
Police operation at Gisborne address seizes property, vehicles and cash
“Customs’ subsequent investigation determined the cash was likely derived from criminal offending in Australia and formed part of…
Iran football captain Zahra Ghanbari gets seized assets back after Australia asylum bid
The announcement came two days after Iranian media published a list of people they called “traitors” whose assets…
Border drug hauls surge as Customs Minister says New Zealand is ‘being hit hard’
But she said “unfortunately there’s just so much more around. We’ve seen in our wastewater results, there is…
Four people arrested after police find $1.1m worth of cannabis plants at Christchurch property
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Police target Comancheros in Tokoroa sting as firearms and meth seized
The National Organised Crime Group, the National Gang Unit, and nine police districts were involved in the raid,…
Mongols gang cash and jewellery forfeited after Christchurch drug raids
The Mongols’ Christchurch gang pad had a fully stocked bar, pool tables, stripper poles and burnout pad. Photo…