Duax Ngakuru
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“Dax”
Hohepa Ngakuru | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1980 (age 44–45) Rotorua, Rotorua Lakes District, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Outlaw biker |
| Known for | National president of the Comanchero |
| Predecessor | Mick Hawi |
| Successor | Mark Buddle |
| Allegiance | Comanchero MC |
Duax "Dax" Hohepa Ngakuru (born 1980) is a New Zealand outlaw biker and alleged gangster.
Ngakuru was born in Rotorua, but grew up in Sydney.[1] He went to high school along with his alleged conspirator Hakan “Big Hux” Ayik.[2] He joined the Comanchero Motorcycle Club and rose up during the presidency of Mick Hawi.[1] He uses various aliases such as the Negotiator, Bullseye, Chuck Norris and El Mito (The Myth).[1] In 2009 after Hawi's arrest on charges of first degree murder, Ngakuru became the new "supreme commander" of the Comanchero.[3] On 29 December 2010, a tattoo parlor owned by Ngakuru in Coogee was bombed.[4] At the time, the Comanchero were involved in a dispute with the Notorious Motorcycle Club and the bombing of Ngakuru's tattoo shop was believed to be related to the dispute.[5] The dispute started in the spring of 2010 when the Comanchero kidnapped a Notorious drug dealer and forced him to reveal where a slash of Chinese heroin was hidden, which the Comanchero took for themselves.[6] As the heroin from China was worth $25 million Australian dollars, the loss was a sizable one to the Notorious gang, which started the biker war.[6]