Customs seize 2500 pseudoephedrine tablets

Two people have been charged with importing pseudoephedrine after Customs seized more than 2500 tablets.

Police searched two houses in Newtown, a suburb of Wellington, yesterday and arrested a man and a woman, both Chinese nationals aged 23.

They will appear in Wellington District Court on March 24.

Pseudoephedrine is used to make methamphetamine, known as speed.

- NZPA