New Zealand Customs Service is officially deploying three Oceanbotics ROVs to target illicit smuggling operations.
Minister Casey Costello said organised crime had been targeting the region as a transit hub. "In the first six weeks of this year, a staggering 14 tonnes of cocaine were seized in the Pacific," she said. From the Article in RNZ National

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Australian Border Force officers deployed their SRV-8 ROV to identify a suspicious attachment on a ship. They discovered and confiscated approximately 200 kilograms of cocaine, preventing its distribution in Australia. See the video.