Local police and customs officials continue to make headlines for record-breaking drug busts – including a case this year where four tonnes of cocaine were found in the ocean.
But while officials are making progress at stopping drugs coming in – drug smugglers are finding new methods, with meth-laced beer recently leading to the death of an Auckland man.
So how concerned should we be by the number of drugs making it over our border – and what are authorities doing to keep these substances out?
Today, NZ Herald crime reporter Jared Savage joins The Front Page producer Shaun D Wilson to discuss this lucrative but illicit market.
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