The drug was smuggled in boxes on a flight from Malaysia - and is worth up to 21.7-million-dollars, on the street.

The seizure is estimated to have prevented up to 61-million-dollars in social harm.

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02 Apr: Two people are injured -- one critically -- after a crash north-west of Auckland, on Old North Road, at Waimauku

01 Apr: A hospitality boss says the Government's missed a major financial opportunity by not backing an Auckland America's Cup bid

01 Apr: A man on the run - with more than 20 warrants for his arrests - has been caught in Auckland

31 Mar: New Breakers owner Marc Mitchell has confirmed the club will remain in Auckland with Spark Arena as its home court

31 Mar: Auckland Airport is cutting its airline passenger charges for the next two years

31 Mar: Auckland serial sex offender, Luca Fairgray, has been jailed for four-and-a-half years for crimes against a 13-year-old girl

31 Mar: Police struck a lucky chord in Auckland's Orakei yesterday - finding four firearms in a guitar case

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