2 Auckland Airport baggage handlers sentenced for smuggling 4.6kg of methamphetamine worth up to $874,000 in November 2022.
2 Auckland Airport baggage handlers, aged 24 & 20, sentenced to 3 years & 3 months, and 2 years & 9 months, respectively, for attempting to smuggle 4.6kg of methamphetamine into New Zealand in November 2022. The drugs, estimated to be worth up to $874,000, were discovered in an unclaimed backpack after an Air New Zealand flight from Los Angeles. If made available, the drugs could have caused up to $5.1 million in social harm & economic costs to New Zealand.
August 15, 2024
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