Kaikohe Police arrests in relation to drugs and dishonesty
Northland District
Headquarters
88 Cameron Street,
Whangärei
Thursday July 10,
2014
Police across the Mid North have
arrested 31 people in the last two months as they focus on
drug related and stolen property offending in the area.
Kaikohe Police Detective Sergeant Chris Fouhy says the recent arrests continue to highlight the involvement of gangs, and people involved in the drug trade, in criminal offending such as drug dealing, burglary, aggravated robbery and theft of motor vehicles.
"We will continue to pursue those who chose to be part of gangs or criminal groups and who choose to commit crime such as drug dealing, robbery and stealing and receiving stolen property."
Mr Fouhy says
stolen property often ends up in the hands of these drug
dealers as payment from their customers.
"The people
buying drugs or wanting to work their way into gangs commit
crimes such as burglaries, robberies and the like to pay for
their habits or earn kudos from senior gang members. They
make hard working law abiding citizens victims of their
crimes."
"The other victims of these drug dealers are their children and the children of the people buying and using these drugs. Money is spent on their habits rather than feeding their kids, putting clothes on their back, shoes on their feet and sending them to school well nourished and healthy. Kids are often subjected to dangerous conditions by people manufacturing and dealing drugs and are neglected by those using drugs".
If you are someone who is addicted to drugs there are services out there that can help you. Contacting your local Citizen's Advice Bureau, Drug Alcohol Helpline 0800 787 797 or police station for advice on who to talk to is a step in the right direction.
Mr Fouhy says the message from Kaikohe Police is simple, if you chose to deal in or manufacture drugs, steal in our area or harm others by committing crime you will face the consequences of your actions. We are actively targeting people involved in drug dealing, burglary, vehicle theft and gangs. We will be coming for you if continue to offend and we will not stop."
Police would like to thank
local people who have assisted in providing information
about offending in the area via the Crimestoppers phone
number (0800 555 111).
"Many of the recent results would not have been possible without the public’s assistance and we ask for your continued support."
If you have information about criminal offending including drug dealing in your area please contact Kaikohe Police station 09 405 2960, your local Police station or if you wish to remain anonymous call the Crimestoppers.
Recent arrests of note since late May include:
• On the May 23 a 53-year-old
male was arrested for possession of cannabis for supply
after a search at a Kaikohe address, which has strong links
to the Black Power and Tribesmen gangs. Another male, aged
52 years, was arrested for possession of cannabis and
possession of utensils.
• On the June 6 two women,
aged 35 and 36 years, were arrested and charged with
aggravated robbery after an incident that occurred at a
Kaikohe business on the May 29 this year. Police suspect
this crime was committed to pay a drug debt.
• On May
30 a 50-year-old male Mongrel Mob associate was arrested and
charged with possession of cannabis for supply, selling
cannabis and possession of methamphetamine after a series of
search warrants were executed at Kaikohe addresses. Another
19-year-old man was arrested and charged for unlawful
possession of ammunition. A 39-year-old patched Tribesmen
gang member was also arrested on a warrant issued from the
Kaikohe District Court.
• Also on May 30 a 24-year-old
male patched Tribesmen gang member was charged with
unlawfully taking a motor vehicle and unlawfully interfering
with another motor vehicle in the Kaikohe CBD.
• On June 5 Police arrested and charged a 31-year-old
Kaikohe man in relation to a series of burglaries in the
Tauranga Bay area. A 26-year-old co-offender was arrested
and charged with burglary on July 1. Both males have strong
ties to the Tribesmen and Mongrel Mob gangs.
• On June
10 two men, aged 43 and 47 years, were charged with
receiving stolen copper from a building site in central
Kaikohe.
• On June 11 a 47-year-old
man was arrested and charged with possession of cannabis,
receiving stolen property (stolen I Pad from a Kaikohe
address) and unlawful possession of cannabis after a search
of an Ömapere address. Police also located what they
suspect was a significant quantity of the Class A controlled
drug methamphetamine. A 33-year-old woman was also arrested
at the address for receiving a stolen laptop.
• On June 13 police arrested and charged a 44-year-old
man with possession of methamphetamine and cannabis after
the search of a vehicle in Ömapere.
• On June 17
police arrested two men, aged 17 and 22 years, in relation
to a series of burglaries committed in the Opononi /
Ömapere area.
• On June 18 a 34-year-old male was
arrested and charged with numerous fraud related offences
and receiving a stolen motor vehicle.
• On June 20 a
23-year-old male patched Tribesmen gang member was arrested
and charged with unlawfully taking three motor vehicles from
around the Kaikohe and Whangärei areas.
• On
June25 a 33-year-old male patched Black Power member was
arrested and charged with theft. An 18-year-old male was
also charged with unlawfully taking a motor vehicle from
Wellsford.
• On June 26 police arrested and
charged a 32-year-old Auckland man at an Okaihau address in
relation to six thefts from various retailers around the Mid
North. At the same address police also arrested a
28-year-old woman with receiving stolen property from one of
the thefts and jointly charged her along with a 31-year-old
man with possession of cannabis for supply, possession of
equipment used in the manufacture of methamphetamine,
possession of methamphetamine and possession of utensils
used in the consumption of methamphetamine. The people at
this address have strong ties to the Black Power gang.
• On June 30 an 18-year-old Kaikohe woman was arrested
and charged with receiving a television stolen from a
Dargaville address. A 44-year-old woman was also arrested
after a warrant had been issued for her arrest by the
Kaikohe District Court.
• On July 4 police
executed two search warrants at addresses in Kaikohe. As a
result a 20-year-old woman and 44-year-old man were arrested
and charged with possession of cannabis for supply,
possession of utensils used in the consumption of
methamphetamine and unlawful possession of ammunition. At a
second address a 34-year-old man was arrested and charged
with possession of cannabis, possession of utensils and
offering to supply cannabis.
• On July 8 a 22-year-old
Kaikohe man was arrested and charged for unlawfully taking
two motor vehicles.
• Kaikohe Police have also
arrested a 25-year-old male patched Rebel gang member on
three occasions between the May 26 and June 27 for arrest
warrants issued by the Kaikohe District Court.