It only seems to be a matter of time before 33-year-old Tifiga Atanoa of South Auckland will be dead. Terminally ill with cancer, wanted by police on firearms and violence charges, feared by other criminals for his violence and a string of stickups at their expense - with some of them having worked with police for his arrest - he has told people he won’t be taken alive by police.

A member of the Mongrel Mob gang, Atanoa is also said to be a P (crystal meth) addict and has gone on a crime spree to fund his addiction; although something tells me he would have been bad, mad and dangerous to know in any case. He was last spotted at a Caltex station last night and is said to have several firearms on him. Police have warned people to steer clear of him if sighted. He has a distinctive growth on his neck.

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