Earlier this week, police arrested five Mongols following search warrants in Murrays Bay. The men were all charged in relation to the unlawful possession of explosives, and one man was charged with unlawful possession of a pistol.
Despite having made no arrests following Thursday s shooting, University of Auckland crime expert Jarrod Gilbert says police are responding accordingly. It s a tricky old game because the police do need to make sure they identify the group that are involved so that they can target them and target them with the appropriate amount of rigour, he told Newshub. Which to be honest needs to be quite high, needs to be quite firm.
Friday, 16 April 2021, 10:19 am
Detective Inspector John Sutton, NZ Police:
Police
are continuing to make enquiries following a serious
firearms incident at the Sofitel Hotel on Auckland’s
Viaduct Harbour yesterday morning.
Police have spoken
with a number of people and no arrests have been made at
this stage.
Our enquiries are ongoing and Police are
following strong lines of enquiry.
The individuals
involved are from two different organised crime groups; the
Head Hunters and Mongols and relates to ongoing issues
between Individuals who are members of those
gangs.
Investigations have been ongoing into recent
targeted incidents across Auckland between these organised