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Authorities are making legal moves to confiscate the Mongrel Mob's gang pad in Mataura, Southland, the scene of a number of "prolonged and tortuous" beatings.
Crown lawyers have applied for a forfeiture order covering the gang headquarters and a next-door section in Albion St, with a combined rateable value of $347,000.
The gang pad was the scene of several beatings between January and November 2022.
Police have told the court that on each of these occasions, victims were assaulted at the pad, or at their homes before being kidnapped and taken back to the property.
Once inside, the gates were locke
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