Video / Mark MitchellThe Police Association says the payment of nearly $3 million to a Mongrel Mob-led methamphetamine addiction programme has riled police officers, particularly those involved in organised crime investigations. The Kahukura programme, which targets Mongrel Mob members and families, has attracted funding of $2.75 million over the next four years from the Proceeds of Crime Fund. Run by Hard2Reach director and longtime Mob member and public servant Harry Tam, it is designed to address drug-related harm amongst a group of Mongrel Mob chapters known as the "Chaindogs", and their families. Te Tapairua Marae, near Waipawa, is playing host to aspects of a Mongrel Mob-led meth rehabilitation programme. "One officer likened it to the most successful money laundering scheme he'd heard," Cahill said.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 14, 2021 23:03 UTC