International investigation results in arrests, drugs seized and millions in assets restrained

Parcel-by-parcel, a joint international investigation has pieced together the operations of a major drug smuggling syndicate over the course of two years.

Under Operation Havana, Police and Customs have been investigating the syndicate's 'scattergun' method of allegedly importing drugs through the international postal system.

The illegal operation, largely based in a south-east Auckland suburb, was disrupte