Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King
Drugs and a semi-automatic pistol have been seized in a police operation targeting the Headhunters motorcycle gang in north Auckland.
The armed offenders squad took part in the raid on an Postman Rd address in Dairy Flat this morning.
Detective Inspector Aaron Proctor said police located a prohibited semi-automatic pistol, ammunition and a quantity of drugs.
"The substances located included almost half a kilogram of methamphetamine and a kilogram of pseudoephedrine," he said in a statement released this evening.
Cash in excess of $5000 was also seized.
A 38-year-old man, a patched member of the gang, was arrested at the address. He has been charged with a raft of offences, including unlawful possession of a pistol and unlawful possession of ammunition.
Further charges relating to possession of a substance with intent to manufacture and possession of methamphetamine for supply have also been filed, police said.
The man is expected to appear in the Waitākere District Court tomorrow.
Two other men, aged 32 and 47, were arrested for unpaid fines.
"Today's search warrant is part of the ongoing focus of Operation Cobalt targeting and disrupting illegal behaviour being committed by gang members in our communities," Proctor said.