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The South Island headquarters of the Mongols MC gang have been raided by police today after an alleged stabbing this morning.
Police are currently at the gang pad on State Highway 1 near Burnham south of Christchurch.
It comes after an alleged violent incident at the pad, the Herald understands.
It’s understood two people were hospitalised.
A police spokesperson confirmed two gang members arrived at Christchurch Hospital’s emergency department on Monday “with injuries consistent with an assault”.
“The injured parties refused to provide any details about the assault.”
Police had reason to believe the assault occurred at the property in Burnham which was the subject of this afternoon’s search warrant, the spokesperson said.
There was a large Mongols presence in Christchurch over the weekend during a large-scale gang meet-up.
Police raided the Mongols MC gang pad in Christchurch after an alleged stabbing. Photo / George Heard
It’s also been revealed today a patched Mongols gang member allegedly assaulted a publican in Picton while travelling south for the meeting.
Police said a person had been arrested at a commercial premises on High St last Thursday evening around 7pm.
The Mongols gang held a meeting in Christchurch over the weekend. Photo / George Heard
A spokesperson confirmed the offender had reportedly damaged the property and assaulted a worker at the business, who had received minor injuries.
The assaulted worker was a publican, according to Stuff. The incident occurred after two men banged on the packed restaurant’s windows and knocked over a statue outside.
When the publican asked them to stop, one of the men allegedly followed him inside and punched him in the face.
He was left battered and bruised and sported a black eye, Stuff reported.
The Mongols motorcycle gang established a chapter in New Zealand in 2019.
The offender ended up fleeing the scene before police arrived, the police spokesperson said, but police inquiries led to officers finding the man at an address on Devon St.
The 33-year-old will appear before the Blenheim District Court today on an assault charge.
Detective Inspector Joel Syme said last week police were aware of a planned event in Christchurch over the weekend involving members and associates of the Mongols MC.
Syme said additional police staff would be deployed in the city over the weekend to “closely monitor the behaviour” of those attending the event.
About a dozen police cars were at the pad. Photo / George Heard
On Friday morning, police were called to a crash involving two motorcycles travelling to the event. The crash on State Highway 1, north of Amberley, was reported to police at 11.25am.
“Nobody was injured and the road was not blocked.”
Police officers spoken to by the Herald say numbers of arrests involving Mongols members are low, especially when compared to others in the city like the Tribesmen MC or the Comancheros, who recently patched over the rival Rebels and took over their Woolston clubhouse.
