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- Auckland child abuse images sentencing caseQuiet since 16 Oct 2025
- Missing fisherman off Northland coastQuiet since 25 Nov 2025
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October 2026
- Sand-related toys must undergo asbestos testing before sale in New Zealand
- Technical issue affecting passport processing at two major airports resolved
- Auckland electronics company fined for attempting to export dual-use components
- Woman jailed for attempting to smuggle cocaine into Auckland Airport
September 2026
- British man arrested after allegedly punching Customs officers at Auckland Airport
- Auckland Airport to move security screening before passport control
- Two men charged after methamphetamine-soaked clothes found at Auckland Airport
- Woman arrested at Auckland Airport with 3kg of sedative
August 2026
- Police shut down alleged Vietnamese cannabis syndicate in Auckland
- Man jailed for attempting to smuggle methamphetamine in a stock pot
- Assets worth $10m restrained following large methamphetamine importation investigation
- Three arrested following opium investigation in Bay of Plenty
- American woman jailed for attempting to smuggle methamphetamine into New Zealand
December 2025
- Auckland man jailed after record airport seizure of child abuse material
- Customs seizes $5.6 million of cocaine at Port of Tauranga
- Customs seizes $15.75m of cocaine at Port of Tauranga
- Auckland man jailed for involvement in global child abuse ring
- Canadian man arrested after $4.5m of methamphetamine found at Auckland Airport
November 2025
- Police arrest 43 people in Auckland Airport drug smuggling probe+1
- Customs seize $11.5 million worth of cocaine at Port of Tauranga
- Kāpiti Coast man jailed for possessing child sexual abuse material
- Customs seizes 1.5 million cigarettes and $500,000 in Auckland raids
- Masterton man arrested after $3 million methamphetamine haul was intercepted
- Search continues for fisherman missing off Whangārei coast
- Five people arrested at Auckland Airport for methamphetamine smuggling
- Drug Foundation supports government action plan to combat methamphetamine harm
- Government unveils action plan to combat methamphetamine harm+2
- Customs seizes $12.25 million worth of cocaine in Dunedin
October 2025
- Four arrested after tobacco and cannabis seizure in Auckland
- Whangārei teenager jailed for four and a half years over methamphetamine
- Customs seizes $7.3 million cocaine haul at Tauranga port
September 2025
- Wealthy man receives sentence discount after charity donations
- Senior first responder pleads not guilty to child exploitation charges
- International operation disrupts methamphetamine syndicate targeting New Zealand
- Eleven arrested in police crackdown on alleged drug-smuggling ring
- Waihī man charged after methamphetamine found in macadamia nut parcels+2
- Auckland man arrested after 10kg of kamini pills found in snacks
August 2025
- Record GBL seizure at the border leads to four arrests+1
- Seven arrested after $37 million methamphetamine shipment is intercepted
- Canadian woman sentenced for smuggling methamphetamine disguised as gifts
- Senior first responder faces new child exploitation charges
July 2025
- Twenty-seven arrested in Auckland airport drug smuggling investigation
- Record LSD seizure in Auckland involving over 40,000 tabs
- Life coach charged after 20kg of meth found in tea packets
- Life coach arrested at Auckland Airport for alleged methamphetamine smuggling
- Real estate broker arrested at Auckland Airport for cocaine smuggling
- Customs seizes over 60kg of methamphetamine at Auckland Airport
- Customs officer reports increase in drug imports at Auckland Airport
- Waikato pair arrested for allegedly importing drugs via online orders
- Customs seize 150kg of cocaine at Port of Tauranga+1
June 2025
- Customs intercepts more than 1.6 tonnes of illicit drugs so far in 2025
- Eighteen arrested in Auckland Airport drug smuggling investigation+1
- Four charged after Wellington drug syndicate investigation
- Senior first responder charged with possessing and exporting child exploitation material
- Christchurch man charged with importing methamphetamine in household items
- Customs seizes 25kg of methamphetamine at Auckland Airport
- Man charged after 2kg of methamphetamine found in barbecue grill
- Teenager arrested at Auckland Airport with 15kg of drugs
- Two men sentenced for smuggling card-skimming gear in air fryers
May 2025
- Customs seize $25.81 million worth of drugs at Auckland Airport
- Customs seize $50 million worth of cocaine at Port of Tauranga
- Timaru man sentenced to prison for child sexual exploitation
- Fourteen people rescued after boat takes on water near Motiti Island
- Inland Revenue adopts tougher stance on unpaid student loans
March 2025
- Woman arrested at Auckland Airport with 15kg of methamphetamine+1
- Three Auckland Airport workers arrested for alleged methamphetamine smuggling
- Far North lawyer struck off for sharing child abuse images
- Customs seize over 36kg of methamphetamine at Auckland Airport
February 2025
- Customs seize 101kg of cocaine at Auckland International Airport+1
- Auckland Airport baggage handler sentenced for methamphetamine importation conspiracy
January 2025
- Police seize large drug haul in Southland after intercepted crockery
+3 - Dutch national jailed for smuggling $1.6m of methamphetamine
- US woman in court after alleged $11m methamphetamine smuggling attempt
- Customs reports significant seizures of illicit goods at New Zealand borders
- Customs seizes $10 million worth of methamphetamine at Auckland Airport+1