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The street where a fatal shooting took place in Palmerston North on August 6.
Police have seized firearms and other weapons from Black Power members, as it works to ease gang tensions in the Manawatū.
It follows the death of 26-year-old Mongrel Mob member Hori Gage, who was shot on Croydon Ave in Highbury, Palmerston North on August 6.
A homicide investigation is underway and police have been speaking with influential members of both gangs in effort to ease tensions.
Legislation giving police the power to seize weapons and search vehicles belonging to gang members had been invoked.
On Friday, local police assisted by a specialist police dog from Wellington conducted a search warrant just outside of Palmerston North city, Manawatū area commander Inspector Ross Grantham said.
Seven men with affiliation to Black Power were located, four of whom were from out of town.
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A homicide investigation is underway regarding the fatal shooting of Mongrel Mob member Hori Gage, 26.
One was arrested and charged for allegedly breaching bail.
Four guns and “a number of other weapons” were seized.
Grantham said police were working on strong lines of enquiry regarding offending which took place in the days before Gage’s death.
Police previously appealed for sightings of a Nissan Teana, registration HLQ924, found burnt out on Aranui Rd shortly after the shooting.
Gage’s shooting may be connected to a fight which took place on August 4 outside Castle 789, a bar on Main St.
“Police have no tolerance for the violence that played out over last weekend and the community can be reassured that police will hold people to account for unlawful behaviour.”
“People can report any incident in which their safety or that of others is at risk by calling 111 immediately.”
Information may also be provided by phoning 105, quoting file number 230806/2952, or anonymously through Crime Stoppers on 0800 555 111.
Tributes on social media described Gage, a father, as one of the “nicest” and “humblest” people, while others have remembered him as a “family man” who would be “forever loved and missed”.
A post-mortem had been completed and Gage was released to his whānau on Wednesday.
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