![The shipping container held 60 electric motors, and each motor hid an average of around eight kilograms of methamphetamine. [Source: New Zealand Customs Service.]](https://www.fijivillage.com/news_images/15051013305d71c73ca8edc0d04d6b.jpg)
New Zealand customs has seized an estimated 469 kilograms of methamphetamine, the largest ever seizure at New Zealand's border.
It is estimated the haul has a street value of $235 million.
In a statement New Zealand Customs says the meth was hidden inside a shipment of electric motors at Ports of Auckland.
They say two Canadians and a New Zealand national are appearing in the Auckland District Court today over the bust and say further arrests are likely.
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Stories published on 06/09/2019
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