Gang members arrested after man injured
Two persons were arrested and firearms and ammunition seized by the Christchurch police at the Lincoln Road headquarters of the Epitaph Riders motor-cycle gang yesterday afternoon. The arrests followed an incident on Saturday in which a young man, believed to be a member of the Devil’s Henchmen gang, was injured and required hospital treatment. The police issued a statement last evening after the armed offenders squad had spent three hours at the Epitaph Riders’ house. The squad had been called in because there were firearins on the premises. It was not an “armed offenders” situation, said the police.
The statement did not name the injured man, the gangs involved, or the address of the house which the police had searched. It said that “as a result of certain incidents which occurred in Christchurch yesterday, and from which a young man received hos-
pital attention for an injury, police executed a search warrant on a certain address. As a result, a number of firearms and offensive weapons have been seized.”
The police said two men had been arrested, and more arrests were expected to follow. Inquiries were continuing. It is believed that the police are reluctant to say any more about the inciden because they think it might inflame the situation. However, it seems that the police were keeping an eye on a possible gang clash yesterday. A police car was seen outside the Brougham Street house belonging to the Devil’s Henchmen, and a car had been posted outside the Lincoln Road house most of the afternoon, according to witnesses.
About 6 p.m. the armed offenders squad arrived at the Lincoln Road house and searched the property and two or three neighbouring sections. Police dogs were also on the scene.
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