Author(s): David White and Angus Gillies

True Crime

June 2016, Far North, New Zealand. The job seemed simple: leave Auckland, pick up 500kg of meth from Ninety-Mile Beach and drive it back south, while keeping a low profile. How hard could that be? This is the true story of one of New Zealand’s biggest ever drug busts, and how those responsible almost got away with half a tonne of crystal meth. Oh, and half a billion dollars. But thanks to the sleuthing skills of Ahipara’s good-hearted locals — and a series of unbelievable faux-pas by the drug-smugglers — police managed to catch the crims. They say fact is stranger than fiction, and in this case it is. Stranger, and funnier. It’s a story like no other. This is Far North. 

The New Zealand Keystone Cops story you won't believe is true crime. Will be released simultaneously with the Far North limited series starring Temerua Morrison