Labour Party

Customs & Police Ministers congratulate agencies on $28m drug bust

23.10.2008

Customs Minister Nanaia Mahuta and Police Minister Annette King today congratulated the NZ Customs Service and NZ Police for the interception of a 100-kilo shipment of pseudoephedrine, a principal component of the drug methamphetamine, at the border in Auckland.

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Three strikes against Methamphetamine and Criminal Gangs

Annette King

29.09.2008

Joint media statement by Hon Annette King and Hon Phil Goff following a joint press conference with South Australian Premier Mike Rann in regard to the war on gangs and the trafficking in drugs.

A further planned attack on three fronts on methamphetamine and criminal gangs trafficking in drugs will have a decisive affect on drug crime, Labour Ministers Phil Goff and Annette King said today at a joint press conference with South Australian Premier Mike Rann.

"Methamphetamine does e... more +

New Zealander chairs World Customs Organisation

Nanaia Mahuta

30.06.2008

New Zealand Customs Service Comptroller and Chief Executive Martyn Dunne has been elected chairperson of the World Customs Organisation

"This is a tremendous honour for New Zealand and a reflection of the regard in which New Zealand, and the New Zealand Customs Service, is held in the international Customs community," Nanaia Mahuta said.

"Martyn Dunne has significant international experience working in a broad range of str... more +