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The 5-year hunt for Comancheros gang boss

Jared Savage
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Investigative Journalist·NZ Herald·
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Sitting in the sunshine at a Mt Maunganui cafe, sipping coffee with his mum,  Duax  Ngakuru looked like any other bloke on his summer break.

It was December in 2017 and Ngakuru was staying nearby in a $1000-a-night holiday home he had rented with his wife, children, and their maid, where they celebrated Christmas a short walk from one of New Zealand's most popular beaches.

This trip was a homecoming for the 37-year-old Rotorua native, who had risen through the

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