 | Motorcycles, cars and cash were among the $2.1 million of assets forfeited by senior Mongrel Mob Notorious gangster Joseph John Morrell after 2021 police investigation Operation Dusk. Joseph ‘Triple J’ Morrell was the captain of the Notorious chapter of the Mongrel Mob in Hawke’s Bay. A few weeks before killing himself, cops were granted High Court orders to freeze 5 residential homes, 6 vehicles, 3 Harley Davidson motorcycles, $74k in cash and bank accounts, a boat, and a Kobelco digger. Morrell was a wholesale meth dealer and lived an extravagent lifestyle, all paid for in cash.
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 | Morrell had “not been coping well” since the seizure. In the week before his death, Morrell’s wife said he was continuously “agitated” and would go around the house thumping his fist into his head. His wife said Morrell would get up 20 or 30 times from bed, get dressed and go outside. He “had a lot going on in his head”, his wife said. She stopped her husband from attempting self-harm every night for five days leading up to the night of his death. The method of suicide cannot be reported in NZ, but Morrell suffered a head injury, which was bleeding. He likely shot himself in the head. Following his death, the $2.1m of assets restrained in Operation Dusk were forfeited under the Criminal Proceeds Recovery Act. His wife and 5 children will receive nothing from his estate. |
Morrell also had a fleet of cars, including vintage Fords, which are prized by the Mongrel Mob.
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