Police swift in enforcing gang patch law - but many gangs vowing to ignore it | Stuff.co.nz

It didn't take long for the new gang laws to claim its first patch - nor the second. Just three minutes after midnight, when the law came into force, police confiscated gang insignia from a car dashboard.
There were two further arrests as well.
But while police are enforcing the law, many gangs are vowing to ignore it - and keep their patches on. Senior Political Correspondent Jenna Lynch reports on day one of the ban. | Subscribe: bit.ly/2JPg8oB
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