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...tinny houses, named for the tinfoil tubes the drug is sold in. Regular police busts give a clue to the scale of gang involvement in the drugs trade. In 2005, Operation Soprano resulted in the conviction of the head of the Auckland-based Black Power Sindi chapter, Abraham Wharewaka, whose marijuana dealing operation netted $NZ35,000 a week. A rival Mongrel Mob chapter in the South Island became so bold as to sell cannabis from their clubhouse, posting a sign at the door...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tribal Trouble | 7/5/2007 | See Source »

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