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Police seize 270 kg of cannabis in a week-long trans-Tasman operation

A week-long Australia–New Zealand operation in September 2026 carried out 85 search warrants in New Zealand and arrested 34 people. Police seized 270 kg of loose cannabis and 6,183 plants, along with methamphetamine, opium, MDMA, cash and firearms. The cannabis came from grow houses in Auckland linked to Vietnamese organised crime.

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A week-long Australia–New Zealand operation in September 2026 carried out 85 search warrants in New Zealand and arrested 34 people. Police seized 270 kg of loose cannabis and 6,183 plants, along with methamphetamine, opium, MDMA, cash and firearms. The cannabis came from grow houses in Auckland linked to Vietnamese organised crime.[1]

Sources

  1. Police seize 270kg cannabis and arrest 34 across New Zealand in major drug sting (24 September 2026). NZ Herald. Week of action figures.

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From Landrace.wiki, CC BY-SA 4.0. Places offset by about 500 m.

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Location accuracy: country only. The sources name no closer place; the dot marks the middle of New Zealand.-41.70, 172.92

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