Head Hunters headquarters in Christchurch. Photo: Google Maps
The Christchurch headquarters of the Head Hunters motorcycle gang has been forfeited to police as a result of a High Court ruling.
The court has ordered the forfeiture of the property on Vickerys Road in Wigram, along with $6,162.30 from unlicensed gaming machines and a motorbike.
Police made the application on the grounds the Head Hunters were deeply involved in the sale and supply of methamphetamine.
The court found gang money came from significant criminal activity, including drug dealing and unlicensed gaming machines, police said.
The property came into the gang's ownership in 2016 and was previously owned by the Epitaph Riders gang. Police initially restrained the property in 2017.
A number of improvements were made to the property since the change in ownership, police said.
A forfeiture application filed by the police commissioner, seeking confiscation of the gang's Auckland East chapter headquarters in Ellerslie, was currently before the High Court, police said.
A forfeiture hearing was set for that matter in late 2023.