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Customs intercept 4.7kg of ephedrine inside Rubik's cubes at border

March 8, 2018

Customs have intercepted an attempt to bring 4.7kg of ephedrine into the New Zealand disguised inside 216 Rubik's cubes.

Customs posted a photo of the 216 Rubik's cubes with the ephedrine hidden inside on their Twitter page this afternoon. 

They captioned the picture with: "These puzzling cubes might be hard to crack, but it didn't take us long to sort out."


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