Man charged in plot to import cocaine worked at Tauranga port Sat, 8 May 2021, 10:30AM
A stevedore who worked casually at the Port of Tauranga is among eight defendants charged following a police investigation into an alleged international drug conspiracy. (Photo / Mike Scott)
Man charged in plot to import cocaine worked at Tauranga port Sat, 8 May 2021, 10:30AM
An alleged inside man at Tauranga s port has been arrested as part of what police say is a plot to smuggle hundreds of kilograms of cocaine and methamphetamine from Mexico into New Zealand.
Eight members of the alleged syndicate were last week charged with various drug offences after an eight-month covert investigation by the National Organised Crime Group and Customs investigators.