A week-long Australia–New Zealand operation in September 2026 carried out 85 search warrants in New Zealand and arrested 34 people. Police seized 270 kg of loose cannabis and 6,183 plants, along with methamphetamine, opium, MDMA, cash and firearms. The cannabis came from grow houses in Auckland linked to Vietnamese organised crime.[1]
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