Nearly 1500kg of methamphetamine seized by Customs and police in record breaking year

A shipment of nearly 100kg of methamphetamine was the largest in New Zealand history for around 10 years. In the first eight months of 2019, Customs and police have stopped four bigger smuggling attempts, including one of 469kg inside electric motors. For the first time, more than 1000kg of the drug has been seized in a year - and there's still four months to go.

More methamphetamine has been seized in New Zealand so far this year than any other. Customs have already stopped 1087kg of the Class-A drug at the border and there is still three months to go!

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A record breaking year!  And not for any sort of record we can be proud of. 

This is not a record that should go in the record books. 

This is not a record that we should even be talking about. Where are the "Another record year for no drug crime!" reports?  Where are the "Another record breaks with no meth manufactured in NZ for two years in a row!?"?  Right?!?

Yeah. Those records don't exist. And never will unless much more is done by those in charge of our country and law enforcement. Sadly, they simply lack the resources. 

New Zealand has 289 officers for every 100,000 people. That's not a lot when you look at the US with 422, Italy with 456, Russia with 525 and Argentina with 798. (From a 2006 analysis by the United Nations)

​Essentially, a lack of Human Resources to prevent a human driven problem means that we may never get on top of it until we increase that resource, and it seems that resource is decreasing rather than increasing.

Does this mean in years to come this "record" will be broken again and again. 

We hope not, but let's wait and see. Until then, you know how you detect for contamination in your home?  You get it tested.  With us. 

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