Import the Third World, Become the Third World: Cocaine bust: Alleged Colombian cocaine smugglers arrested in New Zealand with links to feared cartel

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About 50kg of cocaine had been seized either in New Zealand or at overseas ports, police said, with six search warrants carried out in Canterbury yesterday.

Six Colombian nationals - five of whom were working as contractors on Canterbury farms - and one Argentinian have been arrested, while another person was arrested in Auckland.

The joint operation working alongside the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Colombian national police, Spanish customs, and Cook Islands customs service.

"Based on wastewater data, we believe this group was supplying the majority of cocaine into New Zealand," Williams said.

"The investigation is unique as it has linked the importation of cocaine from South America and Spain into New Zealand, as well as money laundering offences in the United States of America."

Williams, who thanked the DEA for providing a lot of resources, as well as the police in Colombia, said the group had been operating for more than two years.

It was a massive blow to the organised crime group and the flow of cocaine into the country, with Williams saying the group was one of the biggest suppliers.

Networks from Colombia brought the drugs into New Zealand, with money quickly being shovelled out of the country to America.

[–]IkeConn 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Give them all a big jab of Covid vaccine and watch them die of gangrene.