Shock horror, the mob lied

Stuff reports:

The second-in-charge of a high-profile Waikato gang which has burnished its public image with a proclaimed tough stance against meth has admitted importing and selling “commercial quantities” of the drug.

Mark Anthony Griffiths, 52, appeared in the High Court in Hamilton on Tuesday morning, where he pleaded guilty to charges of importing, possessing and supplying methamphetamine.

Griffiths also admitted possessing and supplying Gamma-Butyrolactone (GBL), commonly known as the “date rape” drug.

A spokesman for Waikato Mongrel Mob Kingdom has been quick to put some distance between Griffiths’s actions and the other members of the gang – saying they are still profoundly anti-meth and his actions do not represent them.

This is the 2ic, not some rando. The reality is that gangs are funded through drugs and criminal activity. Without that they would not be gangs, they would be clubs.

A gang can hire a PR person to claim day is night on their behalf, but actions speak louder than words.