A Hong Kong woman has been sentenced to more than nine years in prison for smuggling $1 million of methamphetamine in cans of pork.

Customs bust a shipment of 4000 handbags from China hiding 30kg of methamphetamine.

Police are seeking a man in relation to the country's biggest ever cocaine bust. The man may or may not know anything about the $14

Customs is holding Somali New Zealanders up for hours and many Kiwis feel they are targeted at the border, a National MP says.

Law enforcement agencies could get new powers to access information stored through cloud-based technology or social media.

Exclusive: A controversial border clearance levy has generated $7.5 million more than expected after only five months.

Customs also found homemade Mongolian cheese in her luggage.

Just which passengers will be fast-tracked through the country's airports is yet to be decided - but the new system will initially be by invitation only.

A passenger from Vietnam arrived in NZ with live Siamese fighting fish in plastic bags, declaring them as "wet fish" on his arrival forms.

Border officials caught the lemon smuggler at Auckland Airport after she arrived on a flight from Hong Kong on Monday.

Hayden Bacon was sentenced to almost 3 years in jail.

A major IT project that took four years longer than originally planned and is almost $30 million over the initial budget is not another Novopay, Customs says.

Customs said one aim of the exercise was to show potential terrorists or WMD smugglers New Zealand was not a soft touch

Almost 4 tonnes of tobacco was abandoned at New Zealand airports since duty free limits were dropped last November.

Four adorable labrador pups, who arrived from Australia on July 28, are doing a three-month intensive training course in the art of sniffing out illegal drugs and cash.

Claims of a computer being destroyed at a New Zealand airport after scans suggested a gun was being smuggled inside have baffled Customs.

A children's toy, mahjong tiles, nail polish, and a puffer jacket were just some of the objects packed with illegal substances by drug smugglers this year.

Herald investigation: Border Patrol has created an unrealistic expectation about the job of Customs officers, says the chief executive of the border protection agency.

Around $50 million worth of illegal drugs have been destroyed in a Customs drug disposal operation yesterday.

Four Asian tourists are facing life in prison after being caught allegedly trying to smuggle over 12kg of methamphetamine into the country.

Customs has stopped a $360,000 supply of a "date rape" drug from hitting our streets, in one of the biggest busts of its kind in New Zealand.

US tourists say NZ airport security's confiscation of their chutney and jelly was bullying and has tarnished their holiday.

An international flight that diverted to an airbase after trying to land at Auckland in bad weather was the only plane to be re-routed, stranding 260 passengers.

A plane with more than 260 passengers on board made two attempted landings at Auckland Airport before being forced to divert to a military airbase and wait.

Police have shut down two sophisticated drug rings and seized meth worth up to $123 million during a series of busts across Auckland.

Customs is intercepting more mail containing cocaine, LSD and Ecstasy as people use online drug marketplaces to order recreational drugs.