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Police investigating a homicide have raided the headquarters of the Mongolian motorcycle gang MC on the South Island.
Armed police have raided the South Island headquarters of the international Mongolian motorcycle gang MC while searching for the murderer of a man.
A seriously injured man, who has gang ties, was dropped off at Christchurch Hospital by a woman driving a white Mercedes early on New Year’s Day.
He died shortly after.
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Police launched a homicide to “determine the circumstances of the death,” Detective Sgt. Joel Syme said.
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The white Mercedes car was seen cordoned off and guarded by police outside the new hospital building, Waipapa, on Riccarton Ave on Friday morning.
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A white Mercedes car was watched by police in front of Christchurch Hospital after an injured man who fell there later died.
It was later removed by a crane.
Stuff understands that the Mercedes had earlier stopped behind a fire truck parked in front of the Canterbury Museum.
The driver told firefighters, who were responding to a call, that an injured man was in the car.
She said she found the man, who was known to her, off State Highway 1 near Burnham.
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A man died after being taken to Christchurch Hospital on Friday morning. (File photo)
Firefighters later helped the woman take the injured man to hospital.
State Highway 1 near Burnham was briefly closed on Friday night when armed police raided the Mongol headquarters on the South Island.
It is understood that the gang organized a party on the platform on New Year’s Eve.
Investigators are now searching the property for clues that may lead them to the man’s killer.
The Mongols, led by National President Jim Thacker, established a chapter in the Bay of Plenty last year.
The gang expanded to the South Island earlier this year, creating tension between rival groups, particularly the Tribesmen MC, which was considered the dominant player in the region’s underworld at the time.
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Police raid the Mongolian motorcycle gang headquarters near Burnham while investigating the death of a man left at Christchurch Hospital early New Year’s Day.
In separate attacks in February, believed to be targeting Mongols, a tattoo parlor and a barber shop 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.
Police raided the property several days later and found 10 weapons, military-style semiautomatic, shotguns and a pistol, some of which were hidden in the walls and ceiling, along with dozens of bullets, $ 50,000 in cash and methamphetamine.
Since then, the police, including members of the National Group Against Organized Crime, have raided the platform on at least two other occasions.
