29949 (2025). Hon Jenny Salesa to the Minister of Customs

Written Question

Published date: 24 Jun 2025

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	29949 (2025)
Question asked:	09 Jun 2025
Member asking:	Hon Jenny Salesa
Portfolio:	Minister of Customs
Minister replying:	Hon Casey Costello
Answer received:	17 Jun 2025
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_29949_2025
Document guid:	ee64d8a6-8535-4d45-a0bb-696eac9d9d41

29949 (2025). Hon Jenny Salesa to the Minister of Customs: What explanations, if any, has the Minister received from her officials for how a shipping container carrying five duffle bags with 75 packages of cocaine, with an estimated street value of $30 million, was able to enter New Zealand undetected by border security systems?

Hon Casey Costello: I refer the Member to my response to Written Parliamentary Question 29945 (2025).