Tauranga's Filthy Few motorcycle gang is preparing to defend charges it set up an illegal bar at its Judea headquarters ahead of its annual Metal Mania event earlier this year.
The charges follow a police raid of the gang's Birch Avenue premises on February 17 where police seized large quantities of alcohol as members prepared to host the Metal Mania event at BayPark.
A police booze bus was brought to Birch Avenue as part of the police raid on the Filthy Few Motorcycle Club.
The club is accused of operating an unlicensed premises and allowing those premises to be used for the consumption of liquor.
The club earlier admitted the charge of using an unlicensed premise as a place of resort for the consumption of alcohol and in was ordered to forfeit an estimated $3000 worth of alcohol in Tauranga District Court on Tuesday.
Inspector Karl Wright-St Clair says police believed the alcohol was to be illegally sold and so they seized it by executing a search warrant.
Police arrested one man for obstruction during the raid.
In April 2010, police raided the pad and seized $19,000 worth of alcohol, which was being sold illegally at the club between 2008 and 2009.
Two club members pleaded guilty to charges of unauthorised sale of alcohol and were fined $2000.
The club will defend the charges of it running an illegal bar in the Tauranga District Court at a status hearing on August 22.
4 comments
Club Shout
Posted on 01-08-2012 20:12 | By Ampaul
Hey these guys don't cause too much trouble. Why not figure out a way for them to have their club fun and keep them outta town where the clean folk drink.
Interesting....
Posted on 02-08-2012 10:36 | By Donnaw
Does that mean they are to raid pretty much every workplace that runs a Social club too? Theres really no difference between the two....
hipercrits
Posted on 02-08-2012 13:30 | By bonner
ive heard of all sorts of going on behavior that have happened at the police station bar guess they wont shut down there own illegal bar will they double standards boooooo
Big
Posted on 02-08-2012 18:05 | By SeanCresswell
So how many social clubs do you know that put thousands of dollars worth of booze on after work??...none that I know of. Only needed to apply for a special liquor license like ANY other large function would've had to.
Leave a Comment
You must be logged in to make a comment.