{"id":481567,"date":"2026-06-17T08:03:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T08:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/481567\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T08:03:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T08:03:15","slug":"offshore-meth-cell-shut-down-after-auckland-raids-11-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/481567\/","title":{"rendered":"Offshore meth cell shut down after Auckland raids, 11 arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eleven people linked to an offshore criminal cell producing and distributing methamphetamine have been arrested, following a series of raids across Auckland yesterday. <\/p>\n

Eight raids across various locations in the city, including Avondale and Pakuranga, were carried out by officers with support from the armed offenders squad yesterday morning. <\/p>\n

The searches came after police identified individuals linked to a transnational crime cell who had travelled to New Zealand.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe believe this group entered the country specifically to manufacture illicit drugs, supported by several New Zealand-based facilitators,\u201d Detective Inspector Tom Gollan said. <\/p>\n

\"An<\/p>\n

An operational meth lab was found during the police searches. (Source: Supplied)<\/p>\n

During the raids, police found and seized clandestine laboratory equipment and materials, including an operational laboratory.<\/p>\n

Around $200,000 in cash, pseudoephedrine and 10kg of methamphetamine were also found. <\/p>\n

The men arrested were all Chinese and Taiwanese nationals aged between 21 and 53. All 11 have appeared at the Auckland District Court. <\/p>\n

\"Police<\/p>\n

Police found around $200,000 in cash during the raids. (Source: Supplied)<\/p>\n

They were charged with possession for supply of methamphetamine, importing precursors and participating in an organised criminal group.<\/p>\n

Gollan said scene examinations remained ongoing, and further charges were “likely”. <\/p>\n

\u201cPolice have zero tolerance for individuals who come into this country to profit from the harm illicit drugs cause. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe are very pleased to arrest and hold this group to account.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Eleven people linked to an offshore criminal cell producing and distributing methamphetamine have been arrested, following a series…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":481568,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[51,67,42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":["post-481567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-auckland","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=481567"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/481567\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/481568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=481567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=481567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=481567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}