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Drivers are being warned of 'severe delays' for a second day

The Head Hunters gang appears to have shifted its South Island headquarters to Timaru, much to the concern of the local mayor.

Lyndon Richardson, former senior member of the Head Hunters in Christchurch, says he has left the gang since admitting being part of a meth dealing operation.

Drug deals were organised over the phone before dealers met with customers. Richardson received a share of the proceeds from some of his associates’ sales. He also received a share of any drug debt money collected by his associates. Richardson was originally scheduled to be sentenced in March along with his co-accused, Broadley, 44, and Strickland, 51, but his sentencing had to be postponed due to illness. Broadley was sentenced to two years’ imprisonment, but was released immediately as he had already spent almost three years in custody at the time of his sentencing. Strickland was s...

Stuff Alleged Head Hunters gang associates Darrin Stephen Baylis and Michael Kevyn Garard Murphy were arrested as part of Operation Block. Lawyers for two Christchurch men accused of bookkeeping for a gang stung for selling meth, say it is not a crime to hang out at a gang pad, or to balance its books. A 10-day trial for Darrin Stephen Baylis and Michael Garard Kevyn Murphy began on Tuesday in the High Court in Christchurch, more than three years after charges were originally pressed. Both men had pleaded not guilty to participating in an organised criminal group. Baylis and Murphy were ch...