Sixteen men allegedly linked to notorious gang face court after police raids
Sixteen men allegedly linked to a Brisbane organised crime gang have faced court, after they were arrested in major raids on Friday - with hauls of drugs, cash and cars seized by police.
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Sixteen men allegedly linked to a notorious organised crime gang have faced court, after they were arrested across the southeast in major raids on Friday.
Following a year-long operation as part of operation Whiskey Vogue, police on Friday seized hauls of drugs including cocaine, meth and cannabis, along with cars and large amounts of cash.
The raid of 25 southeast Queensland addresses also seized four Mercedes and a Range Rover, and dismantled two meth labs.
Sixteen men were arrested and charged with trafficking dangerous drugs (serious organised crime).
Police allege they are linked to a group known as KTM - also known as K12 and K-Town after the suburb Kuraby.
The men’s cases were mentioned for the first time at Brisbane Magistrates Court on Saturday and adjourned for a mention on July 7.
A number of their matters were also listed for a bail application on Tuesday, June 3.
Magistrate Ross Mack expressed doubt whether certain accused could be successful in their bail application, given some were charged with withholding their pin codes from police.
“A different magistrate might have a different view,” he acknowledged.
Defence lawyer Andrew Owens, who represented one of the accused Abdirahman Aden Warsame, told media outside court that he had been ready to make a bail application today.
“The prosecution - despite the investigation being since September last year - said they need more time,“ Mr Owens said.
He said the serious organised crime allegation was one the police “seem to regularly put on now despite what the material might suggest”.
Mr Owen’s said his client was “ready to contest the matters”
“The first step’s applying for bail.”
Defence lawyer Hugh Stitt, who represented accused Aydin Imran Celikovic, told the court the “difficulty with these operations are - you see them come through all the time now - are they’ve got these blanket accusations that they suspect these people are involved in and there’s potentially no link to one another at all.”
The raids took place in Kuraby, Hillcrest, Woodridge, Brisbane, Upper Mount Gravatt, Calamvale, Logan Reserve, Holland Park West, Woodridge, Underwood, Forest Lake, Algester and Doolandella.
The operation involved officers from Major Organised Crime Squads, Maxima, criminal investigation branches, dog squad and the Money Laundering Unit.’’
The men charged include:
Said Mohamud Abdi
Charged with trafficking dangerous drugs (serious organised crime), possessing anything used in the commission of a crime, obstructing police, and contravening an order about information used to access information stored electronically.
Abdullahi Ahmed Adan
Charged with trafficking dangerous drugs (serious organised crime), supplying dangerous drugs, possessing schedule 1 dangerous drugs (quantity of/exceeding schedule 3 but less than schedule 4), possessing anything used for the commission of a crime, possessing tainted property, and contravening an order about information used to access information stored electronically.
Abdirahman Aden Warsame
Charged with trafficking dangerous drugs (serious organised crime), five counts of supply dangerous drugs, two counts of affray and possessing tainted property, and one count each of possessing anything used for the commission of crime, obstructing police, evasion, and driving without a licence.
Sakariye Adam Ahmed
Charged with trafficking dangerous drugs (serious organised crime), possessing anything used for the commission of crime, contravening an order about information used to access information stored electronically.
Ayaaz Bhagoo
Charged with trafficking dangerous drugs (serious organised crime), nine counts of supplying dangerous drugs, four counts of possessing tainted property, two counts each of possessing anything used in the commission of a crime and possessing schedule 1 drugs (quantity of/exceeding schedule 3 but less than schedule 4), and one count each of contravening an order about information used to access information stored electronically, possessing property suspected of being used in the commission of a drug offence, and possessing dangerous drugs.
Aydin Imran Celikovic
Charged with trafficking dangerous drugs (serious organised crime), possessing anything used in the commission of a crime, possessing anything for use in the commission of a crime, and two counts of possessing tainted property.
Isak Jameel Celikovic
Charged with trafficking dangerous drugs (serious organised crime), serious assault/resist/obstruct police or person acting in aid of police, four counts of possessing dangerous drugs, three counts of possessing tainted property and contravening an order about information used to access information stored electronically, two counts of possessing utensils or pipes, and one count of possessing anything used in the commission of crime.
Mohamed Dawd Mohamed
Charged with trafficking dangerous drugs (serious organised crime), possessing anything used in the commission of a crime, and eleven counts of supplying dangerous drugs.
Mohammed Mosin Khan
Charged with trafficking dangerous drugs (serious organised crime), possessing schedule 1 dangerous drugs (quantity of/exceeding schedule 4), possessing anything used in commission of crime, possessing tainted property, possessing property suspected of having being used in the commission of a drug offence, contravening an order about information used to access information stored electronically, and two counts of possessing schedule 1 dangerous drugs (quantity of/exceeding schedule 3 but less than schedule 4).
Exauce Osumaka Makiadi
Charged with trafficking dangerous drugs (serious organised crime), possess anything used in the commission of a crime, and nine counts of supplying dangerous drugs.
Muhamad Mossi
Charged with trafficking dangerous drugs (serious organised crime), and possessing anything used in the commission of a crime.
Hamzah Motala
Charged with trafficking dangerous drugs (serious organised crime), seven counts of supplying dangerous drugs, five counts of possessing dangerous drugs, three counts of possessing schedule 1 dangerous drugs (quantity of/exceeding schedule 3 but less than schedule 4), and one count each of possessing anything for use in the commission of a crime, possessing tainted property, and possessing property suspected of having been used in connection with the commission of a drug offence.
Jamal Abdirashid Shaarub
Charged with trafficking dangerous drugs (serious organised crime), three counts of supplying dangerous drugs, two counts of possessing tainted property, and one count each of possessing anything for use in the commission of a crime, and contravening an order about information used to access information stored electronically.
Khaalid Shaarub
Charged with trafficking dangerous drugs (serious organised crime), two counts of trafficking dangerous drugs, 14 counts of supplying dangerous drugs, three counts of possessing schedule 1 dangerous drugs (quantity of/exceeding schedule 4) and possessing tainted property, and one count each of possessing anything used in the commission of crime, contravening an order about information necessary to access information stored electronically, and affray.
Shirwac Abdi Yusuf
Charged with trafficking dangerous drugs (serious organised crime), trafficking dangerous drugs, 12 counts of supplying dangerous drugs, two counts of possessing schedule 1 dangerous drugs (quantity of/exceeding schedule 4), four counts of possessing tainted property, and one count each of possessing anything for use in the commission of a crime and possessing anything used in the commission of a crime.
Yusuf Yusuf
Charged with trafficking dangerous drugs (serious organised crime), trafficking dangerous drugs, nine counts of supplying dangerous drugs, two counts each of possessing tainted property and receiving tainted property, and one count each of contravening an order about information stored electronically, possessing anything used in the commission of a crime, and receiving or possessing property obtained from trafficking or supplying.
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