Source: Radio New Zealand
The warrant targeted a Headhunters gang pad in West Auckland (file photo). RNZ / John Edens
Stolen vehicles, drugs, ammunition and a rifle have been confiscated from gang pads in West Auckland, police said on Friday.
A search warrant was carried out at the West Headhunters pad on View Road on Thursday morning, police said, where they found a .22 semiautomatic rifle, ammunition, a stolen Harley Davidson V Rod motorcycle and a stolen Cadillac Escalade.
In another vehicle at the address, police found a kilogram of dried cannabis.
Two were arrested without a struggle.
“The estimated street value of this quantity of cannabis is significant so it’s great to be able to remove it from our streets,” Detective Senior Sergeant Lautogo said.
A second warrant was executed at a property on Mountain Road, Henderson Valley, where police said they found a person “actively manufacturing firearms”.
A 42-year-old man was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition, a 69-year-old man charged with possession of cannabis for supply and a 35-year-old man charged with sell/manufacture firearms without dealer’s licence and unlawful possession of ammunition.
All were expected to appear in Waitākere District Court over the next two days.
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