Police Minister Chris Hipkins wants to expand search warrant powers, allowing police to execute gang-wide searches as he responds to ongoing gun crime. Read: https://bit.ly/3yygbLb | Subscribe: https://bit.ly/2JPg8oB Hipkins said the Government was acting to stop the “brazen” criminality of gangs, such as tit-for-tat shootings across Auckland that have left innocent residents being shot at. To combat the uptake in shootings, he said the Government would expand powers for police to search and seize gang properties, cars and motorbikes. The new police and justice ministers, Hipkins and Kiri Allan, announced the new legislation in Ōtāhuhu, a suburb of south Auckland, after meeting with police staff involved in Operation Cobalt. #newzealand #breakingnews #gangs Read more here: https://bit.ly/3yygbLb More NZ politics news here: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics Subscribe to our channel: https://bit.ly/2JPg8oB ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Stuff is New Zealand's largest and most popular news site. With more than 500 journalists spread from Northland to Southland, we cover breaking news, politics, business, sport, crime, the environment, health, education, home and property, food, lifestyle, entertainment, weather, travel, technology, motoring, farming and much more. As well as covering the stories of the day, we specialise in investigative journalism, opinion and analysis, and long-form writing and visual storytelling. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Social media channels: TikTok: www.tiktok.com/@nzstuff Twitter: https://twitter.com/NZStuff