Customs officers at the International Mail Centre intercepted a package.

Accused is relieved after Crown withdrew two charges stemming from $14m seizure.

'Almost perfect' drug smuggling operation funded high life of flash cars and costly wines.

One Aussie bookseller had almost 200,000 Trade Me listings, but is not required to pay GST

Givealittle page for a man charged over record cocaine bust is shut down.

A man charged over NZ's biggest cocaine seizure is seeking donations through Givealittle.

Packages containing 5kg of ecstasy was found in luggage at Christchurch Airport yesterday.

Customs officers found 11.6kg of meth in three innocent-looking packages sent from Canada.

Woman charged after 4.6kg of cocaine allegedly found in luggage.

A Syrian community leader claims Syrian New Zealanders are being targeted at Auckland Airport.

Police were ordered to shoot runaway security dog Grizz by airport staff.

The Privacy Commissioner has warned MPs against a law change that would give the chief executive of Customs new powers.

Criminals have found a new way of importing meth - that isn't meth.

A tobacco fraudster received a jail sentence after he was convicted on 43 charges.

Merkins Bah Agu was vulnerable when he started being a "catcher" for meth hauls, a judge has ruled.

A Tauranga man caught importing ecstasy powder and tablets, who claimed he got the idea from watching a television programme, has

Four people have been arrested as a result of a Customs crackdown on child exploitation.

EXCLUSIVE: Miles McKelvy ripped off $1.4 million from vulnerable home buyers. Now, he faces a second stint in prison after importing Fantasy into NZ.

On half the occasions NZ Customs asked the Navy for help, it was told it couldn't because aircraft and ships were being maintained, repaired or replaced.

Cross between a beagle and a harrier hound created to protect New Zealand's borders is believed to be a world first.

Kim Dotcom saw a suspicious camera in an apartment opposite his home - and it turns out to be owned by NZ Customs and operated by the NZ Defence Force.

Elderly people are being duped into acting as drug mules for international crime syndicates - prompting a fresh warning today by Customs Minister Nicky Wagner.

Merkins Bah Agu's downfall was a retired American couple caught smuggling 7kg of meth in the linings of their suitcases, a court has

Police say they can track packages down to addresses and individuals.

New figures reveal the quantity of methamphetamine being intercepted by Customs has increased more than 35 times in the past few years.

NZ Customs' new state-of-the-art drug identification machine can instantly identify more than 12 thousand different chemical molecules.

The leader of a methamphetamine importation ring - run from his prison cell - has been jailed.

Police executing a search warrant this morning discovered more than 40 cannabis plants and a large amount of methamphetamine items.

A Frenchman who stole forfeited cigarettes from a Customs drop-bin while working at an airport as a cleaner has escaped without a conviction.