{"id":232385,"date":"2026-01-14T08:21:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/232385\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T08:21:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T08:21:10","slug":"christchurch-police-operation-targeting-gang-related-funeral-ends-with-4-arrests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/232385\/","title":{"rendered":"Christchurch police operation targeting gang-related funeral ends with 4 arrests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"XFozzeHJqgxP\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cA search of the vehicle resulted in police locating an air pistol, air rifle and associated magazine and ammunition.<\/p>\n<p class=\"XFozzeHJqgxP\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cPolice are continuing to review and investigate evidence gathered during the operation to determine whether any offences have been committed. This includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/gangs-and-guns-police-unveil-operation-targeting-firearms-and-organised-crime\/YIP4Z7O5QBLLBW4E5RKPFEQO3M\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/gangs-and-guns-police-unveil-operation-targeting-firearms-and-organised-crime\/YIP4Z7O5QBLLBW4E5RKPFEQO3M\/\">assessing potential breaches of gang-related legislation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"XFozzeHJqgxP\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cThe public rightly expects that gang members are held accountable for any illegal activity. Police will continue to take a firm approach to ensure community safety and uphold the law. Our focus remains firmly on preventing harm and holding those who make the decision to engage in unlawful behaviour accountable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"XFozzeHJqgxP\" style=\"display:none\">Anyone who witnessed illegal or antisocial behaviour should report it to police via 105, Hill said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"XFozzeHJqgxP\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/584039\/christchurch-police-operation-targeting-gang-related-funeral-ends-with-four-arrests\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/news\/national\/584039\/christchurch-police-operation-targeting-gang-related-funeral-ends-with-four-arrests\">&#8211; RNZ<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cA search of the vehicle resulted in police locating an air pistol, air rifle and associated magazine and&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232386,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[11924,31746,1558,4487,1359,4726,3011,26524,13121,305,111,43,139,69,17286,384,675,17902,6923,102],"class_list":["post-232385","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-arrested","tag-arrests","tag-been","tag-christchurch","tag-described","tag-ends","tag-four","tag-funeral","tag-gangrelated","tag-have","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-operation","tag-people","tag-police","tag-targeting","tag-what","tag-with"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232385","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232385"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232385\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232386"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232385"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232385"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232385"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}