Record amount of meth smuggled in maple syrup jugs seized in New Zealand.
New Zealand police seized a record-breaking 713 kilograms of methamphetamine worth around $150 million, hidden in plastic jugs of maple syrup that had arrived from Canada. The shipment was intercepted in January after authorities in New Zealand, Australia, and Canada uncovered the elaborate scheme as part of an initiative dubbed “Operation Regis.” Six men were arrested, and a number of local arrests had also been made in Melbourne, Australia, involving people allegedly responsible for multiple drug import attempts, including the maple syrup shipment halted at the New Zealand border.