A podcast featuring Customs Minister Casey Costello discusses the deployment of underwater robots to detect drug concealment in sea chests of ships, highlighting the technology's safety, efficiency, and role in modernizing New Zealand's border security.
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Now, how about this? Customs is bringing in the robots to bust the drug drops. It's a technology that can now be used. This is underwater robot things. They can go out and see if there's a parcel of drugs lying around. Government's announced that these three remotely operated vehicles or ROVs have been bought following a successful trial over the ditch, and the Customs Minister Casey Costello is with us on this. Hi, how are you? I'm well, thank you. So does it work like this? You you you think okay, possibly we think there may be a drug drop over there in that part of the ocean. Not going to send a bunch of people out, we're going to send a robot.
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