New Zealand Police Make Huge Meth Bust at Airport, Arrest 6

Some of the 613 kg. (1,351 lb.) of methamphetamine that the New Zealand Police seized in Auckland, New Zealand, on display in an undated photo. New Zealand Police via AP

WELLINGTON, New Zealand—New Zealand police said Wednesday they had seized more than half a ton of methamphetamine at the border and arrested six people in one of the nation’s biggest drug busts.

Police said they intercepted the shipment of 613 kilograms (1,351 pounds) of meth at Auckland Airport on Thursday and began making arrests late Tuesday.