|  | | | Customs arrests drug courier for 9.9 kgs of methamphetamine | | A 27-year-old international traveller appeared in the Manukau District Court on Tuesday, 27 August for attempting to smuggle 9.9 kilograms of methamphetamine into New Zealand from Canada in his suitcase on Monday,26 August.
The Canadian national arrived on a flight from Vancouver and, after questioning and a baggage search, Customs officers found methamphetamine concealed in several travel cube bags in his luggage.
The 9.9 kilograms would have been worth up to NZ$3.5 million in street value. | | | |
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|  | | | A decade of chemical detection at the border | | The New Zealand Customs Service and Environmental Science and Research (ESR) are marking 10 years of success in identifying drugs at the border.
The Customs ESR Screening Laboratory (CESL) is responsible for screening and identifying suspected drug samples and other unknown material seized by Customs at the border and through the International Mail Centre.
During its 10 years of operation, more than 17,000 samples have been analysed at CESL, with an average of one in three resulting in the detection of an illicit drug, medicine or precursor chemical. | | | |
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|  | | | Join NZFS for their food importers webinar | | Join New Zealand Food Safety - Haumaru Kai Aotearoa (NZFS) for a webinar to discuss your food safety importing requirements.
NZFS is a business unit within the Ministry for Primary Industries and is responsible for supporting food importers to ensure food, which is imported into New Zealand, is safe and suitable for everyone, everywhere.
This webinar will discuss what you need to do to meet your food safety requirements, the risks you need to be aware of, and how you might prepare for them.
This webinar is taking place on Wednesday, 18 September 2024, 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM. | | | |
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