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The US-based Mongols are the world’s most evil motorcycle gang.
Armed police are searching the South Island headquarters of the international motorcycle gang, the Mongols MC.
Things He understands that dozens of police officers, including members of the National Organized Crime Group (NOCG), raided The Old Sawmill in Burnham, outside Christchurch, and the local president’s home in Rolleston, on Monday around 7 a.m.
A police spokesman said it was too early to comment on what the police were looking for or whether arrests had been made.
The Mongols, led by National President Jim Thacker, established a chapter in the Bay of Plenty last year.
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The gang expanded to the South Island earlier this year, creating tension between rival groups, particularly the Tribesmen MC, who were considered the dominant player in the region’s underworld at the time.
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The Mongols MC clubhouse on Main South Rd in Burnham, outside of Christchurch.
In separate attacks in February, believed to have targeted Mongols, a tattoo parlor and a hair salon were struck by vehicles in Christchurch. The barbershop, which has no apparent link to the gang other than through a man who used to associate with the local president, was also bombed.
The same month, the Mongol headquarters in Burnham was shot by someone wielding a high-caliber rifle.
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Police seized 10 firearms, ammunition, around $ 50,000 in cash, and a substance believed to be methamphetamine from a Mongols MC property in Burnham in February this year.
Days later, the police raided the property and found 10 weapons, military-style semiautomics, shotguns and a handgun, some of which were hidden in the walls and ceiling, dozens of bullets, $ 50,000 in cash and methamphetamine.
Another raid in May revealed drugs, firearms and stolen property.
Deputy Commissioner Richard Chambers said Things In May, the police were recruiting seven staff members, including five detectives, for the National Group Against Organized Crime, the first on the South Island. It is based in Christchurch and reports to the National Police Headquarters.
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There are similar units in Auckland, Wellington and Tauranga. Its only objective is to attack organized crime.
The group also supports existing organized crime teams in each of the South Island’s three police districts: Canterbury, Tasman and Southern.
