$135m in drugs smuggled from same port
Elizabeth Binning
New Zealand Herald
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Authorities have seized $95 million worth of crystal methamphetamine - nearly enough to supply one million people with individual hits of the drug P.
The haul, the largest in New Zealand, was found in a shipping container and came within a week of a second container that carried $40 million worth of pseudoephedrine.
Police say both shipments of drugs would have been supplied to the local market by criminal networks throughout the country.
The drugs came from the southern Chinese port town of Shekou.
Detective Inspector Bruce Good said the drug busts followed an investigation that started early this year and involved dozens of people, including authorities in Hong Kong.
He said the result was an important disruption to an international drug network.
Six people are in custody after appearing in the Auckland District Court this week.
At least two of the people were based in Auckland and found at a Kohimarama address searched by the police on Monday night.
May 26, 2006
Elizabeth Binning
New Zealand Herald
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Authorities have seized $95 million worth of crystal methamphetamine - nearly enough to supply one million people with individual hits of the drug P.
The haul, the largest in New Zealand, was found in a shipping container and came within a week of a second container that carried $40 million worth of pseudoephedrine.
Police say both shipments of drugs would have been supplied to the local market by criminal networks throughout the country.
The drugs came from the southern Chinese port town of Shekou.
Detective Inspector Bruce Good said the drug busts followed an investigation that started early this year and involved dozens of people, including authorities in Hong Kong.
He said the result was an important disruption to an international drug network.
Six people are in custody after appearing in the Auckland District Court this week.
At least two of the people were based in Auckland and found at a Kohimarama address searched by the police on Monday night.
May 26, 2006
