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  •   Home > News > National > Christchurch

    Twenty-five kilograms of cocaine, with a street value of nine million dollars, has been stopped from entering Christchurch

    Twenty-five kilograms of cocaine, with a street value of nine million dollars, has been stopped from entering Christchurch


    Customs seized the Class A drug at Lyttelton Port in March.

    It prompted a nation-wide six-week investigation and the arrests of four men in Christchurch, Wellington, Tauranga and Auckland.

    © 2025 Newstalk ZB, NZCity

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