A New Zealand woman who flew to Auckland from Singapore was caught with 18.45kg of methamphetamine in her luggage.
New Zealand Customs said on Tuesday (Jan 6) that the 33-year-old had arrived at Auckland Airport on Jan 4.
She was referred to Customs for further questioning, where officers checked her belongings and discovered 18 vacuum-sealed packages containing a white crystalline substance in her baggage.
Tests determined that the substance to be meth, also known as “Ice”.
The seized drug could produce 922,500 doses and has a potential street value of NZ$5.53 million (S$4 million), estimated the New Zealand Customs.
