Cocaine and sawn-off rifle found, five Finks arrested after meeting at Gawler pub

Five bikie gang members and associates have been arrested for gathering in a Gawler pub. The arrests also uncovered drugs and a sawn-off rifle.

Five members and associates of the Finks have been arrested for meeting at a Gawler pub – the second major bikie bust in a week.

Serious and Organised Crime Branch officers arrested the men – three of whom were members of the bikie gang and two were associates – on Thursday for the alleged gathering in Gawler last month.

It is illegal for more than two members of a criminal organisation to gather in a public place.

Police allege the men met at the Murray Street pub at about 8.20pm on Friday, April 23.

A sawn-off rifle and 25g of cocaine were also located during the arrests.

A sawn-off rifle found by police. Photo: SA Police

A 20-year-old Munno Para man was charged with criminal association, possessing a prescribed firearm without a licence and drug trafficking and refused bail to face court on Friday.

A 57-year-old man from Craigmore was charged with criminal association and breaching bail.

He was also refused police bail and will face court on Friday.

The other three men – a 27-year-old from Salisbury North, a 21-year-old from Munno Para and an 18-year-old from Craigmore – were all charged with criminal association and given bail to face court in June.

It came three days after an alleged Comanchero bikie was arrested at Novar Gardens.

The 40-year-old Morphett Vale man was charged with three counts of breaching bail conditions.

Police seized a luxury car, a loaded .22 calibre handgun, ammunition, about 500g of methamphetamine, a stolen police ID and more than $10,000 cash during the arrest.

Four Nomad bikies were arrested in a series of raids last month that uncovered large amounts of heroin and methamphetamine.

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