Armed squad uses stun grenades and new powers to confiscate Mob's meeting place.
Detective Inspector Steve McGregor pointed out how the colour associated with the gang - red - has even influenced the gang's colour choice of vacuum cleaner.
A bare mattress in a bedroom showed that while members could have slept there, it was not used as an official residence, but more as a place for members to meet.
The former state house had been seized for the Crown under a new law which allows confiscation of property used in criminal activities, he said.
The raid was part of an operation which has resulted in the arrest of 18 Mongrel Mob gang members. All charges filed are drug-related.
Mr McGregor said enhancements to the new law, the Criminal Proceeds (Recovery) Act, which came into force in December, enabled police to attack the heart of organised crime.
Police had identified more than $36 million worth of assets believed to have been obtained through criminal activity - of which $25 million was from drug offending.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10640547
This was an open home like no other.
Outside the Middleton Rd, Corstorphine, property in Dunedin, an Armed Offenders Squad member stood guard outside the steel gates, which were opened yesterday as police and detectives poured into the property.
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/103087/inside-mongrel-mob039s-dunedin-hq
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