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'Zero tolerance': Police vow enforcement as gang funerals take place
Already 12 tickets have been issued, one person forbidden to drive and another arrested.
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Watch: Funding Mongrel Mob drug addiction programme on the table for the Greens
Green co-leader Marama Davidson said her party was open to reinstating the funding. Video / Mark Mitchell
'Unapologetic': Green MP visits Mongrel Mob, Davidson 'proud' of engagement
'We have done that year and year again'.
Gang member one of six arrested after homemade taser, drugs, gun seized in home raids
Police said further charges were possible.
Duane Davis sentenced to minimum 40 years for Tupac killing
Davis had boasted of his role in books and interviews, then denied it at trial.
Revealed: The regions where workplace cocaine use spiked 266%, meth by 200%
'Auckland’s North Shore is establishing itself as a hotbed of activity'.
Christchurch crime: Police have 'clear plans' to address spike in public violence
Public violence is rising slightly faster in Christchurch than nationally.
Gang leader serving life for murder denied parole as ‘further work’ needed
His last full psychological assessment was 10 years ago.
Former Devils Henchmen president among two killed at Christchurch housing complex
Facebook tributes remembered him as a colourful character with a caring side.
'Can’t arrest our way out': Charge rate for personal cannabis use triples
Chances used to be about 1 in 10; this year they're almost 1 in 3.
Fugitive son of shot Kiwis star Matt Utai allegedly directed gang hit from European hideout
Police allege the NZ-linked accused used the name ‘Scar’ in encrypted chats.
Construction’s dirty-money issue: Fortune flows through industry from gangs
Police have told the NZ construction industry that its systems 'are not robust enough’.
'It wasn't even your fight': Judge rebukes Bill Maangi's killer at sentencing
Justice Boldt said Te Huna had 'ample opportunity' to change his mind before the murder.
Explainer: How and why methamphetamine is flooding New Zealand
Police wastewater tests put meth use at 33.3kg a week in the second quarter of 2026.
Nine guns, drugs and $15,000 cash found in Christchurch gang raid
Three King Cobra gang members have been arrested.
Death toll in two weekend mass shootings in South Africa rises to 28
The Wedela tavern attack has killed 18 people, police say.
Ex-Kiwis star’s wanted son escapes armed attack at Spanish hideout
Armed men reportedly tried to enter his resort accommodation in Marbella.
Murdered fraudster jailed in UK for violent crime spree before entering NZ
Reece Salmon was deported after defrauding elderly New Zealanders.
'You offended to protect your son:' Father's loyalty led to 18 drug runs
Lawrence Olliver made 18 drug runs for his son, who was a senior Comanchero member.
'Teach the world a lesson': Gang trio guilty of killing rival's grandfather
'The public needs to be protected,' a judge said of the group's imprisoned leader.
From flower seller to life prisoner: The Comancheros trafficker behind 700kg of meth
A court said nothing short of a life sentence was justified for Ulakai Fakaosilea.
Targeted and locked up: Inside the eight-year police blitz on the Comancheros
How the gang was relentlessly targeted by the police National Organised Crime Group
'Need butcher knife and hammer': Mixed verdicts for Comancheros gang boss
Junior Heart was found guilty by a jury of 19 of 28 drug and violence charges.
Auckland car dealer who fled to Mexico caught in 300kg undercover DEA drug bust
Court documents show he paid US$150,000 to send the drugs to Australia.
He laundered $7.8m for the Comancheros. Could this be NZ's dodgiest accountant?
'Architect' of gang's financial structures sentenced to more than 10 years in prison.
'Looking for leftovers': Thieves target cannabis grow houses after raids
Police say criminals targeted nine Rotorua homes raided in a Vietnamese syndicate bust.
Second suspect in alleged kidnapping of 'money mule' arrested at airport
The 31-year-old was arrested at the border shortly after landing in New Zealand.
Meth use hits record high as national awareness campaign fails to fire
Weekly national meth consumption in April was the equivalent of almost two million doses.
Duped: Landlord counts costs after house used for crime group's drug operation
The landlord says the cannabis growers trashed her house, costing her thousands.
17 years' jail for marae trustee as secret meth syndicate life revealed
He was the 'pillar' of a syndicate run by the Comancheros' 'supreme commander' overseas.