NZ police in terror raidsArticle from: Agence France-PresseFont size: Decrease Increase Email article: Email Print article: Print Submit comment: Submit comment October 15, 2007 10:01am
NEW Zealand police arrested 17 people in a series of anti-terrorist raids across the North Island, with Maori and environmental activists the main target according to media reports.
A spokeswoman for Prime Minister Helen Clark, directed all calls about the raids to the police, but they would not immediately disclose the reason for the operation.
But New Zealand media reported that prominent Maori activist Tame Iti was among those taken in by police.
Detective inspector Harry Quinn confirmed specialist staff were continuing to search addresses looking for people, firearms and ammunition.
Fairfax Media said the arrests were the culmination of months of work by a police anti-terror unit which had hundreds of hours of recordings from bugged conversations, video surveillance, and tapped cellphone calls and texts.
It understood police had video of military-style training with live ammunition in camps deep in mountain ranges, and expected to find machine guns and grenades during their raids.
Campaigners from various Maori sovereignty, environmental and "peace" groups were implicated.
"These guys are serious. They are talking of killing people," a source was quoted as telling Fairfax.
It is understood police plan to charge up to 14 people with participating in a terrorist group under the Terrorism Suppression Act 2002.
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,22586858-953,00.html
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ANTI-TERRORIST/ENVIRONMENTALIST RAIDS IN NZ
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