Bikies target of gun blitz across 18 suburbs

OUTLAW bikie gang members have been targeted in a major gun blitz by NSW Police, with streets placed in lockdown as officers swooped on homes across Sydney’s west and south-west.

OUTLAW bikie gang members have been targeted in a major gun blitz by NSW Police, with streets placed in lockdown as officers swooped on homes across Sydney’s west and south-west.

Bikie-busting cops of Strike Force Raptor have spent the week quizzing neighbours and searching homes and cars for weapons across 18 suburbs, NSW Police said in a statement on Friday.

Bikie-busting Strike Force Raptor officers have spent the week quizzing neighbours and searching homes and cars for weapons across 18 suburbs.

Homes of rival bikie members involved in an internal feud were targeted in the search, with Deputy Commissioner Jeff Loy saying police had gathered a large amount of information during the sweep.

More to come

Strike Force Raptor is an elite militarised unit of the NSW Police

► CHAPTER ONE: Inside the squad that beat Sydney’s gangs

► CHAPTER TWO: The real-life police fight club

► CHAPTER THREE: The day bikies went too far

► CHAPTER FOUR: Bikie gangs: Warlords of the underworld