Police and Customs are set to reveal the latest in a crackdown on staff helping import drugs at Auckland International Airport.
Operation Matata has been focused on a transnational organised crime syndicate working with local gangs who are alleged to have imported significant quantities of methamphetamine and cocaine into New Zealand.
The briefing will be livestreamed at the top of this page from about noon.
Police have identified the syndicate was allegedly smuggling Class A drugs through unattended baggage on international flights, primarily through Auckland International Airport.
Officers arrested people across two phases in June and July.
In total, 15 current and former baggage handlers working for airline baggage handling agencies at Auckland International Airport have been charged.
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