NZ police seize $3.7 million in assets in major organised crime operation targeting Comanchero gang ( + advisory)

New Zealand Police are today terminating a year-long investigation into the activities of the Comanchero Motorcycle Gang.

More than 80 Police staff, including special groups such as the Armed Offenders Squad, Dog Section and Specialist Search Group, have been executing search warrants at seven properties throughout the Auckland region this morning.

The warrants are part of the second termination phase of Operation Nova, an investigation into the gang, the alleged importing of drugs into the New Zealand and the laundering of millions of dollars.

/NZ Police Public Release. View in full here.