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
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Avery Haines,
Joseph Loiero,
Zak Vescera

14 October, 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)

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This story is a collaboration between CTV News and the Investigative Journalism Foundation.

On March 2, 2023, Aiden Sagala did what many people do after a long, hot day at work. He cracked open a cold one.

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

Zak Vescera

Avery Haines,
Joseph Loiero,
Zak Vescera

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