TechnologyData-matching tool can point to suspectsThe Joint Border Management System will give Government agencies a powerful data-matching tool for identifying those transporting illegal goods.26 May 04:00 PM
New ZealandNewlyweds recruited to smuggle in drugsYoung Taiwanese honeymooners are being used to carry drug parcels into NZ, says a local tour operator.24 May 04:00 PM
New Zealand$6m of P in luggageFive of the tour group, and their tour leader, reached the arrivals hall but the sixth was subjected to a search that Customs said led to the discovery of $6m of pure meth.23 May 04:00 PM
WorldDrugs war soaking Mexico-US border blood redNarcotraficantes, or drug dealers, can buy the murder of many, and the loyalty of nearly everyone.20 Mar 10:40 PM
New ZealandCustoms reviewing party drug importsCustoms is reviewing the way it targets rising levels of imports of the party drug mephedrone, which has been linked to deaths in Europe.18 Mar 07:23 PM
New ZealandBritain set to ban NZ's new killer party drugA drug thought to be used by Kiwis as a substitute for ecstasy could be banned in Britain after being linked to two deaths.18 Mar 12:25 AM
New ZealandAustralia and NZ merger 'inevitable'A recent poll has found 40 per cent of New Zealanders are open to the idea of becoming a state of Australia.14 Mar 12:45 AM
New Zealand'My son is 2... It's ridiculous to suggest he is a terrorist'A NZ toddler and his Indian-born mother were turned back from India and interrogated on their return to Auckland Airport because their names were on a terrorism blacklist.15 Jan 03:00 PM
New ZealandSmugglers switch to the scattergunChinese drug smugglers are posting P ingredients to NZ in thousands of parcels each year, in an apparent shift in tactics.12 Jan 03:00 PM
New ZealandDrugs will keep coming - customsDrug dealers will use new and innovative ways to combat the Government's attempts at stopping smuggling, customs and drugs experts warn.07 Dec 03:00 PM
New ZealandDrug seizure nets $6m worth of methamphetamineIn the biggest methamphetamine bust in New Zealand this year, 6kg of the the class A drug was intercepted at Auckland airport.13 Nov 02:44 AM
New ZealandPolice unit chasing crime profits will have hit listThe special police unit is being set up to seize criminal assets and will have a hit list to work on, Police Minister Judith Collins revealed today.29 Oct 01:17 AM
New ZealandTribesmen raided in agency's first bustMembers of the Tribesmen gang have been targeted in the first ever bust by the Organised and Financial Crime Agency today.27 Oct 10:33 PM
InvestmentParty's over and debts called in for property kingsFailed major developments in New Zealand are piling up, like the Soho Square project in Ponsonby which is now mocked as 'Sohole'.09 Oct 03:00 PM
New ZealandStop humiliating me, traveller pleadsA NZ citizen of Middle Eastern origin says he is discriminated against by Customs officials who interrogate every time he returns home.27 Sep 03:00 PM
