"It is extremely satisfying turning millions of dollars' worth of drugs into worthless and irretrievable waste that cannot harm our communities," Mr Berry said. Officials have this week destroyed hundreds of kilograms of drugs, making the haul "undesirable, worthless and irretrievable". Customs cargo operations manager Bruce Berry said drugs were destroyed on a regular basis and the 445-kilogram haul represented a few months' worth of seizures. Video will play in Play now Don't auto playNever auto playIt's the stuff of nightmares for drug barons - millions of dollars of illegal substances shredded, wasted and neutered. Also destroyed were smaller seizures of heroin, ecstasy, LSD mimics such as NBome, cannabis products, synthetic drugs and date-rape drug GBL.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 15, 2016 05:15 UTC