Police in Tonga say an alleged Comancheros gang member deported from Australia was behind moves to establish the outlaw motorcycle group in the Pacific Island — an attempt they say was disrupted in a drug bust this month. Tonga Police Commissioner Shane McLennan said police began an operation targeting the Comancheros when a "patched" member was deported from Australia to …
As Latu Liava'a set foot again in Tonga, he felt like a stranger in his former country after years living in "the heart of gangs" on the US west coast. Chairman of the Dare to Dream board Uhilamoelangi Fasi said one challenge was overcoming the stigma attached to the name "deportee", or "tīpota" in Tongan. "But in the meantime, it's …