Good afternoon

Thank you for your email dated 18 June 2019.

Customs acknowledges receipt of your email and will treat your request under the Official Information Act 1982, which provides 20 working days for Customs to respond.

Can you please refine your request to include a timeframe for your four questions?

Kind regards

Correspondence, Reviews and Ministerial Servicing
New Zealand Customs Service

-----Original Message-----
From: D. J. I. Ross <[FYI request #10557 email]>
Sent: Tuesday, 18 June 2019 22:37
To: OIA <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Interception of psilocybin-containing mushrooms and their spores

Dear New Zealand Customs Service,

I am writing to ask for information in regards to the interception of psilocybin-containing mushrooms and their spores. Specifically, I would like the following information:

1. At the border, how many times have mature psilocybin-containing mushroom specimens been intercepted?

2. At the border, how many times have spores to grow psilocybin-containing mushrooms been intercepted?

3. In how many instances have people been found cultivating psilocybin-containing mushrooms that contravene the HSNO Act 1996? i.e. Psilocybe cubensis.

4. How many times have the above resulted in warnings and/or prosecutions.

Yours faithfully,

D. Ross

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Good morning,

Please find attached response to your Official Information Act request.

Yours sincerely

Correspondence, Reviews and Ministerial Servicing
New Zealand Customs Service

-----Original Message-----
From: D. J. I. Ross <[FOI #10557 email]>
Sent: Monday, 24 June 2019 13:34
To: OIA <[email address]>
Subject: Re: Official Information request - Interception of psilocybin-containing mushrooms and their spores

Dear New Zealand Customs Service,

Sorry, the time frame would be the previous ten years, for each of the four questions.

Yours faithfully,

D. Ross

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