Face of the Day

> A senior Comanchero who tried to establish a foothold for the outlaw motorcycle gang in Tonga will spend the rest of his life in prison for drug dealing. > > Eneasi Tangi Taumoefolau had lived in Australia for most of his life but had his visa revoked in 2022 on “good character” grounds and was sent to Tonga as a so-called “501” deportee. > > He soon moved into the penthouse suite of a hotel in Nuku’alofa and drove around the small Pacific island kingdom in expensive cars, while splashing his wealth across his social media channels. > > Previously, influential members of the Comancheros deported as “501s” to New Zealand radically changed the local criminal underworld through their connections to global drug traffickers. > > Taumoefolau tried to do the same in Tonga, which was already in the grip of a methamphetamine crisis. > > NZ Herald Read More