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Drug traffickers 'actively targeting' NZ with border seizures rising significantly

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Publish Date
Thu, 9 Apr 2026, 10:01am
(Photo / NZ Herald | File)
(Photo / NZ Herald | File)

Drug traffickers 'actively targeting' NZ with border seizures rising significantly

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Thu, 9 Apr 2026, 10:01am

Drug traffickers have their eyes on New Zealand as Customs deals with a massive influx in border seizures. 

A Cabinet paper shows the volume of intercepted drugs more than quadrupled between 2018 and 2024, going from 1.5 to 6.5 tonnes. 

Drug Detection Agency Chief Executive Glen Dobson told Ryan Bridge officials are stepping up.  

He says we're being actively targeted by organised crime groups, and recommends greater cross-agency consultation.  

But Dobson says greater seizures are also a success. 

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