20 Jan 2014

$7.8m of methamphetamine seized

9:24 pm on 20 January 2014

Two people have appeared in court charged with drugs offences after the Customs Service says it found almost $8 million worth of methamphetamine at Auckland Airport.

Customs says an American man was arrested on Friday, after 4kg of the drug was found in his laptop bag.

In a separate incident, a Mexican woman was arrested on Saturday morning after 3.8kg was found in her luggage.

Customs says it is a significant amount of drugs and has a street value of $7.8 million.