Covid blunder: Cargo ship crew allowed to skip isolation protocols
Crew wandered New Plymouth streets despite not meeting the 14-day isolation period.
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Revealed: Man wanted on cocaine conspiracy is 'insidious fraudster'
'Predatory, insidious, recidivist and amoral'. Now the DEA wants the 62-year-old from NZ.
Beware: Scammer targets Kiwis with fake Lotto texts
"This scam has previously had iterations as a supermarket scam and the UPS scam."
Courier scam: Thousands of Kiwis targeted by bogus package delivery text
Scammers have texted thousands of Kiwis asking for customs payments.
Man, 71, arrested on drugs charges
The arrest follows the termination of Operation Skipjack in Wellington.
South Island's biggest-ever P bust: Smuggler loses appeal
Nearly 40kg of methamphetamine worth $24m was smuggled to Christchurch from Mexico.
Election 2020: Our diverse 40 new MPs
Who are they? They include our first African, Latin American and Sri Lankan MPs.
Coke smuggler claims drug syndicate sent her video of sister-in-law's murder
Jamie Mendez had $1m of cocaine lined inside puffer jackets at Christchurch Airport
Romanian duo jailed after scamming NZers out of $75,380
The pair travelled to New Zealand with the sole purpose of committing fraud, Customs says.
Mega meth bust sentencing: Australian jailed over 109kg of concealed drugs
Defence: 'He has made a grave mistake, there is no doubt about it.'
Four businessmen deny $2.72m tax dodge in tobacco importation case
The cargo was declared as roof extension units, but Customs found millions of cigarettes.
Covid 19: German crew who entered NZ unlawfully have flown home
The German crew left New Zealand on a flight yesterday.
German sailors who entered NZ unlawfully will leave without yacht
Yacht carrying unlawful German nationals took locals by surprise.
'Blatant disregard': Three Germans detained in Bay of Islands after breaking Covid-19 border controls
Three German nationals blatantly disregarded NZ's border restrictions, officials said.
Cheerleading coach who worked on kids TV show jailed for child abuse images
Nikola Marinovich worked on children's tv show What Now after his release from prison.
$1m cocaine smuggler claims syndicate sent her video of relative's murder
Smuggler's dark drug-running past revealed.
More arrests over 2.2 million cigarette bust, syndicate suspected
A shipment from Malaysia had 2.2 million cigarettes hidden inside stacks of metal frames.
Police apologise after child mistakenly leaves NZ
Officer's mistake resulted in civil claim and agreement.
Extraordinary heist: Suspicious shipping container linked to gang vanishes from port
Investigators suspect drugs hidden in shipping container shifted by port worker at night.
Diamante horse head case: Pair appeal sentence
The drugs had an estimated street value of up to $14 million.
Home detention for businessman in $537k tobacco tax fraud
An inspection by Biosecurity NZ found a container with smokes hidden inside boxes of food.
The Ruby Princess and the Napier cluster: inquiry report aids investigation
Customs is leading investigations after the cruise ship sparked a cluster here.
Comanchero gang raids: President's brother pleads guilty to money laundering and organised crime charges
Senior gang member admits buying Range Rover worth $150,000 was money laundering.
Record-breaking tobacco bust: Company director accused of dodging $3m in tax
The huge cigarette bust breaks the last single-seizure record set just two weeks ago.
'Sick to the stomach': Cheerleading gym admits asking paedophile to film event
"A lot of minimising culpability and damage control."
Return of the meth lab: Covid gets crims cooking again
Criminals have had to rethink supply lines for hard drugs amid the global pandemic.
Holy smokes! Man arrested trying to smuggle 2.2m cigarettes
Today's tobacco bust is Customs' largest ever at the border in a single shipment.
Paedophile who worked on What Now admits child abuse image charges
Disgraced paedophile who worked on kids' TV show admits fresh charges.
American woman admits smuggling cocaine into NZ inside puffer jackets
Highly pure cocaine with a street value of $875,000 was hidden inside five puffer jackets.
Mega drug bust: Canadian jailed for nine years for importing meth, MDMA in electric motors
Harpreet Lidder jailed for importing methamphetamine and MDMA and possession for supply.
Dark web drug smuggler narrowly avoids jail
Meth and MDMA came into NZ from USA and Holland under fake names.
How drug smuggler reacted after getting caught red-handed in Comancheros sting
He claimed to be on holiday - until police revealed his hotel room was bugged.
NZ's tobacco black market: Quarter of a billion tax dollars lost
More Kiwis are using illicit imported tobacco as the price continues to rise.
Paedophile who worked on kids' TV show had underwear, school uniforms and whips
Customs officials say they found thousands of child abuse images and video files.