Sanjive Ramavtar Kapoor, 53, was caught illegally bypassing MPI and opening sea containers - posing a biodiversity risk. Photo / FileAn Auckland businessman caught falsifying documents to illegally import sea containers has been fined $30,000. Fifty-three-year-old Sanjive Ramavtar Kapoor, manager and owner of Divine Logistics Limited, was sentenced in the Manukau District Court yesterday. Sea containers imported into New Zealand must be sent to registered sites and opened at Approved Transitional Facilities (ATFs) to ensure any biosecurity risk is addressed. The Māngere Bridge address was not an ATF and was not authorised to receive imported sea containers.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 23, 2021 04:18 UTC