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Police Forced to Return Confiscated Money to Motorcycle Gang After Misreading the Word 'Drugs' on Envelop Containing Cash

Gang members and by-standers look on as police remove property from a boxing gym run by the Head Hunters gang on on July 28, 2015 in Auckland, New Zealand. Police raided more than 30 Head Hunters gang properties across the upper North Island. (Credit: Phil Water/Getty Images)

Auckland police returned an envelope of cash to the Head Hunters West motorcycle gang after mistakenly interpreting its label as "drugs profit" during an August raid.

Upon closer inspection, the handwritten label actually read "drags profit," referencing proceeds from motorcycle racing events at Meremere Dragway in northern Waikato, NewsTalkZB reported.

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