The arrest relates to the discovery of 2.1kg of meth in this suitcase at Auckland International Airport in June. Photo:
A 39-year-old Auckland man has been arrested on suspicion of being involved in the smuggling of methamphetamine into New Zealand.
The man was arrested after Customs' staff searched a Māngere address this morning.
Customs said in a statement the arrest related to the alleged importation of the Class A controlled drug through Auckland International Airport in June, for which another man is currently before the courts.
Customs officers at the airport discovered just over 2.1kg of methamphetamine hidden in the false bottom of a suitcase of a traveller from Mexico.
That man told Customs the suitcase was packed by a friend and he was travelling to New Zealand to complete some documentation regarding a large inheritance he was due to receive. He was subsequently arrested for importing methamphetamine.
