{"id":644741,"date":"2026-10-29T10:34:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/644741\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T10:34:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T10:34:11","slug":"pokemon-cards-seized-in-head-hunters-gang-members-arrest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/644741\/","title":{"rendered":"Pok\u00e9mon cards seized in Head Hunters gang member’s arrest"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Pok\u00e9mon card collection worth more than $30,000 and a land surveyor kit are among items seized following the arrest of a patched Head Hunters gang member for their alleged involvement in illegal activity in West Auckland. <\/p>\n

Police, with assistance from the armed offenders squad and the specialist search group, descended on a property on Tuck Nathan Dr in Glen Eden early on Wednesday morning, Detective Senior Sergeant Josh Lautogo said.<\/p>\n

“A male at the address was arrested and during the search warrant officers seized a range of property,” Lautogo said.<\/p>\n

The items seized included a loaded firearm; $50,000 in cash; a Pok\u00e9mon card collection valued at approximately $30,000; several high-value vehicles, including a stolen Mercedes Benz valued at $20,000; an allegedly stolen land surveyor kit valued at $25,000; and one ounce of methamphetamine.<\/p>\n

\"Packets<\/p>\n

Packets of Pokemon cards are displayed for sale in Birmingham, England (file image). (Source: Getty)<\/p>\n

Enquiries into the origins of the stolen items were continuing, he said. <\/p>\n

“Police will continue to disrupt these criminal networks and target those who seek to profit off the harm they cause,” Lautogo said.<\/p>\n

A 32-year-old man was due to appear in the Wait\u0101kere District Court today charged with possession for supply of methamphetamine and unlawful possession of a pistol. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Pok\u00e9mon card collection worth more than $30,000 and a land surveyor kit are among items seized following…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":644742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[51,67,111,43,139,69],"class_list":["post-644741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-zealand","tag-auckland","tag-crime-and-justice","tag-new-zealand","tag-news","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644741","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=644741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/644741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/644742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=644741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=644741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=644741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}