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"Compliance has been really good": Less than 100 gang patches seized so far

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 25 Feb 2025, 10:20am
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Photo / NZME

"Compliance has been really good": Less than 100 gang patches seized so far

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Tue, 25 Feb 2025, 10:20am

More than 3,000 charges have been filed against gang members in the three months from the launch of new laws. 

Police have seized 76 gang patches and 67 guns under the Government's patch ban. 

The Police Commissioner says gang members have been mostly compliant since the laws banning insignia began. 

Police Association President Chris Cahill told Andrew Dickens the gangs seem to have realised very quickly that if they wear their patches, they’ll lose them permanently. 

And if they don’t act immediately, police will turn up with a search warrant the next morning, he says. 

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