Watch: 'There's never been a worse drug' – US expert warns liquid meth next on New Zealand shores

October 6, 2017

Methamphetamine will soon be smuggled into NZ in liquid form warns US border agents.

While police and customs say they're seizing more and more meth at the Kiwi border, overseas experts warn the next wave in smuggling the drug will likely come in liquid form.

American border agents say the liquid meth is harder to detect and easier to transport.

"It's already methamphetamine, they just dissolved it, to smuggle it here," US methamphetamine expert Bob Pennal told 1 NEWS.

Smugglers use detergents, stain removers, juice, motor oil and even beer to conceal the liquid meth through customs.

Authorities here announced they'd seized a shipment of chemically altered meth product labelled as dishwashing liquid in March.

"That's certainly not the first time that a liquid form has been identified," Assistant Commissioner of the NZ Police Richard Chambers said.

1 NEWS can reveal customs has seized consignments of towels soaked in liquid meth and wine bottles full of it.

With this new method of importation the scourge of methamphetamine on our communities shows no sign of letting up.

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