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Canadian ‘beer’ kills 21-year-old in Auckland, New Zealand

Canada leading source of intercepted meth shipments to New Zealand, with deadly consequences

Zak Vescera
Avery Haines, Joseph Loiero, Zak Vescera

14 Oct 2025 • 6 min read

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Several large pallets of beer in teal and maroon cans are pictured heaped atop each other.
Images from a New Zealand Police raid of the Auckland storage unit where police discovered an estimated 700kg of liquid methamphetamine. (Courtesy New Zealand Police)

Zak Vescera
Zak Vescera

Zak is a Vancouver-based reporter focusing on white-collar crime in British Columbia. He previously reported for The Tyee and The Saskatoon StarPhoenix.

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