The arrested man is suspected to have ties to the Mongrel Mob. Photo / NZME
A Northland man believed to have close ties to the Mongrel Mob has been arrested and a range of vehicles seized as police continue to crack down on gangs.
Detective senior sergeant Kevan Verry, Northland CIB, said the 38-year-old man was arrested in Kerikeri by the Northland Organised Crime Unit
as part of Operation Cobalt which targets illegal gang activity.
He will face fifteen charges of driving while disqualified and a charge relating to the use of a document when he appears in the Kaikohe District Court on January 11 next year.
Officers also impounded a Harley Davidson motorcycle, a Holden Commodore, a Mitsubishi station wagon and a late model Ford Ranger Utility in relation to the “serious offending”, Verry said.
“We are committed to making our communities safer from the influence and harm caused by gangs through their criminal activities and anti-social behaviour of our roads and the Operation Cobalt team are focused on those behaviours.”
