Home detention for businessman in $537k tobacco tax fraud
An inspection by Biosecurity NZ found a container with smokes hidden inside boxes of food.
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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.
110kg of meth in golf carts: Man admits smuggling drugs into NZ
A man has admitted importing 110kg of methamphetamine into Auckland.
Mega meth bust: Kiwi pleads guilty to importing drugs
The man admitted the charges in the High Court this morning.
$18.7m cigarette smuggling case: Auckland businessman jailed
A Customs investigation began after a tip-off about a firm smuggling cigarettes into NZ.
'Sore throat' omitted from Covid-19 arrival cards
One of the most common symptoms - a sore throat - has been omitted from arrival cards.
Meth bust: Two arrested after $8m haul found in suitcase
Some criminal syndicates are taking advantage of Covid-19 to smuggle drugs, Customs says.
Govt freezes Customs fee hikes to help exporters and importers
The Government has put a freeze on planned customs fee increases.
Aviation Security officers to help police enforce lockdown
Customs and Immigration may also help, and the Defence Force remains on standby, too.
Missing Northland diver's body recovered after 10 days
"We are only sorry it wasn't a better outcome for the diver, his whānau and friends."
Coronavirus: Saudi billionaire's jet flies into NZ amid travel ban
Airport says health protocols followed as industry speculates about Saudi repatriation.
Live - Coronavirus: Air NZ's $900m lifeline from Govt; PM on why schools are open
Life has changed. The borders are shut to all tourists and large gatherings are banned.
Final call: Kiwi couple's race to self-isolation
COMMENT: Home is the only place I've wanted to be for the last three days.
Coronavirus: 'Nobody saw or cared' says traveller of airport checks
Response to Covid-19 abroad compared with home has left an Auckland mum feeling exposed.
Coronavirus: Most overseas arrivals still not getting health checks
New "toughest" rules are not evident yet at Auckland Airport.
Billionaires eye Kiwi coronavirus bolthole
One US billionaire said being trapped in NZ by border closures would be "dream come true".
High-profile NZ meth case: Man admits role in $144m drug bust
The man will be sentenced in April.
Kiwi man cleared of drug smuggling charges in Bali
Thomas Michael Daly had a doctor's certificate authenticating his 4950 pills.
Kiwi caught with stash of prescription drugs in Bali may be released
Indonesian police say the 3kg drug haul is the biggest seizure in the island's history.
Comancheros raid nets millions in cash, cars: Gang boss, lawyer jailed
Rolls-Royce, Lamborghini, Range Rover, Mercedes: Lawyer helped gangster buy fleet of cars.
Woman charged with importing illegal bear bile crystals
A global ban on commercially trading in Asiatic black bears has been in force since 1979.
Customs nabs more than 3 tonnes of drugs bound for NZ in 2019
Customs says it's a record for drug seizures.