Now that’s a crackdown!

Stuff reports:

Police have arrested every patched member of the Christchurch chapter of the Comancheros in a massive blow to the international bikie gang’s reach into the South Island.

They’ve also seized millions of dollars worth of drugs, cash and guns as part of a major eight-month investigation into the gang’s illicit activities.

That investigation, dubbed Operation Avon, terminated on Wednesday, when about 30 properties were raided in Christchurch and Auckland.

Eighteen men, aged 18-55, had been arrested including every patched member of the Christchurch chapter of the Comancheros, Detective Inspector Darrin Thomson said in a statement on Thursday morning.

Police seized 5kg of class A drugs, 11 guns, ammunition, and about $250,000 cash.

That is an impressive operation by the Police.

I much prefer arresting gangs for criminal activity, rather than giving them taxpayer money to run drug rehabilitation courses for victims of the drugs they sell.