Woman caught with more than $5 million worth of methamphetamine wrapped in towels at Auckland Airport

TO RNZ

A woman was caught with more than $5 million worth of methamphetamine at Auckland Airport.

The 27-year-old woman landed in Oakland on a flight from Vancouver on Oct. 30, a customs spokesman said.

She was referred to customs for further questions and upon searching her luggage, officers found two sealed packages of methamphetamine, wrapped in towels, weighing a total of 14kg.

That’s enough for 700,000 individual doses, worth up to $5.25 million in market value, and the damage to New Zealand is estimated at more than $15 million, the spokesman said.