Two million dollars' worth of meth has been seized at the New Zealand border.
Police and customs have arrested and charged two people following the seizure of 13.5kg of methamphetamine at Auckland International Airport.
The drugs, which have a street value of approximately $2.4 million, were brought into New Zealand concealed within heavy steel machinery.
A 22-year-old Waikato man has been arrested and charged with importation of the Class A controlled drug methamphetamine after the National Organised Crime Group executed two search warrants.
"We have also charged a 48-year-old Auckland woman. She faces the same charge and they have both since appeared in court," a police spokesperson said.
"It is clear that those involved were attempting to test the system to see if this method would get past authorities. It didn't work.
"We believe if this concealment method had been successful, they would have attempted to use the same method to try and bring further significant amounts of this drug into New Zealand."