Revealed: Identity of senior Waikato Mob member on meth charges
(Photo / NZ Herald) Fri, 9 Jul 2021, 7:29AM
A senior gang leader who has been outspoken about helping broken people make positive changes in their lives has been charged with importing and distributing methamphetamine.
Name suppression has today been lifted from Mark Anthony Griffiths, or Griff , who was a longstanding member the Waikato Mongrel Mob Kingdom when he was arrested in November following a covert police investigation.
The chapter has generated headlines in recent years for establishing an all-female chapter, guarding their local mosque after the terror attacks in Christchurch and delivering food to 3000 vulnerable people during Covid-19 lockdown.
11:48, Jul 09 2021
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Senior Mongrel Mob Waikato member Mark Griffith speaking at one of their events.
A senior gang leader from Waikato Mongrel Mob Kingdom has been arrested on distributing methamphetamine charges. Name suppression has been lifted from Mark Anthony Griffiths, or Griff , who was arrested in November. At the time of his arrest Griffiths was a long-standing member of the Waikato Mongrel Mob Kingdom, a gang which has been outspoken about its attempts to change the “gangs are bad” narrative. In recent years they have used the service of a public relations woman, established an all-women chapter, delivered food to people during the Covid-19 lockdown and stood guard at a mosque in Hamilton following the 2019 mosque attacks.
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