Three people have been arrested - over the largest cocaine shipment to reach New Zealand
Three people have been arrested - over the largest cocaine shipment to reach New Zealand
23 September 2024
A boat from Ecuador carried 725 kilograms of coke into the Port of Tauranga - in early 2022.
It's worth more than 250-million-dollars on the street today.
Police and Customs arrested two men aged 27 and 35, and a woman aged 41 - after a recent breakthrough in the investigation.
All three are due back in Tauranga District Court next week, on charges relating to importing cocaine, and involvement in an organised crime group.
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