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Gangs in Hawke s Bay: More patches, more players, fewer crimes
22 Feb, 2021 12:02 AM
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There s movement in Hawke s Bay s gang scene, but a local expert says it s unlikely to disrupt the region s main players. Photo / File
Hawkes Bay Today
By: Christian Fuller
The fight to own Hawke s Bay s methamphetamine market has brought about an expansion of the region s gang scene. Fourteen different gangs, and more than 1200 patched members, are now on the police s watchlist. But those numbers don t tell the full story. Christian Fuller reports.
Official police records suggest Hawke s Bay s gang population has doubled in five years.
But those very same records also paint a picture of a rapidly changing face of the region s gang scene.
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