The warrant targeted a Headhunters gang pad in West Auckland. File photo: RNZ / John EdensStolen vehicles, drugs, ammunition and a rifle have been confiscated from gang pads in West Auckland, police said on Friday. A search warrant was carried out at the West Headhunters pad on View Road on Thursday morning, police said, where they found a .22 semiautomatic rifle, ammunition, a stolen Harley Davidson V Rod motorcycle and a stolen Cadillac Escalade. A second warrant was executed at a property on Mountain Road, Henderson Valley, where police said they found a person "actively manufacturing firearms". A 42-year-old man was charged with unlawful possession of a firearm and unlawful possession of ammunition, a 69-year-old man charged with possession of cannabis for supply and a 35-year-old man charged with sell/manufacture firearms without dealer's licence and unlawful possession of ammunition.

Source: Otago Daily Times April 10, 2026 00:28 UTC