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New Temporary Class Drug Notice
The Associate Minister of Health has issued a Temporary Class Drug Notice for BB-22 AND 5F-AKB48 effective from 9 May 2013.
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Renewal Temporary Class Drug Notices
The Associate Minister of Health has issued renewal Temporary Class Drug Notices for four substances.

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Tourist jailed for child sexual abuse cartoons
A German tourist has been jailed for ten months for importing objectionable publications and images, after Customs found over 35,000 child sexual abuse images on his laptop.
Customs focuses efforts on white powder psychoactives
Customs is cracking down on importers of psychoactive substances through targeted efforts at the border.
Man sentenced for importing drugs in ornaments
The vigilance of a freight forwarding company has ultimately led to an Auckland man being sentenced for attempting to import the precursor drug Contac NT.
Firearms parts imported to build submachine gun
A 55 year old unemployed Christchurch man, Christopher Robin Horgan, was today sentenced for importing firearms parts for a military-style submachine gun. He has been fined $1000 and the firearms parts will be destroyed.
Close call for Customs officer; stun gun man fined
A Customs officer was almost stunned, literally, when an illegal stun gun disguised as a torch discharged during a baggage search. The traveller was prosecuted and has been fined $400.