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Police have uprooted a significant cannabis operation worth up to $15 million, concealed in parts of rural southern Auckland.

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Police have uprooted a multi-million-dollar cannabis network - across former South Auckland market gardens

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Sentencing in Auckland today for two men behind New Zealands largest border seizure of methamphetamine 6 May 2021 25-year-old The Hoang Thai was sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison and 32-year-old Isaiah Te Hira has 16 years and nine months. A Customs-led investigation - called Operation Manta - into an overseas crime syndicate looking to expand here, began mid-2019. Frontline officers ended up finding 469 kilograms of meth hidden in electrical motors sent from Thailand. Two othe...

Close Ad New Zealander, Canadian jailed for over combined 37 years after biggest ever meth seizure at Aotearoas border • Source:  1 NEWS A New Zealander and Canadian have today been jailed for over 37 years between them after the biggest ever methamphetamine seizure at Aotearoa’s border. Bag of meth found inside electric motor. Sou...

New Zealands largest border seizure of methamphetamine has resulted in the jailing of two men. Canadian The Hoang Thai, 25, has been sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison while New Zealander Isaiah Te Hira, 32, has been sentenced to 16 years and nine months in prison  The 469kg of methamphetamine, hidden in a shipment of electric motors sent from Thailand, was uncovered as a result of Operation Manta, a Customs-led investigation into an overseas criminal syndicate that was looking to ...

Sophisticated and organised: Men jailed for New Zealands largest meth seizure at border Newshub 2 hrs ago © Customs NZ More than 460kgs of methamphetamine was uncovered. New Zealands largest border seizure of methamphetamine has resulted in the jailing of two men. Canadian The Hoang Thai, 25, has been sentenced to 20 years and six months in prison while New Zealander Isaiah Te Hira, 32, has been sentenced to 16 years and nine months in prison  The 469kg of methamphetamine, hidden in a shi...