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Raptor cops bust bikie with weapons, drugs and 2-metre python

A member of the Comanchero bikie gang will face court today charged after weapons, drugs, a stolen ute and a two-metre coastal carpet python was seized from a home in the Lake Macquarie region.

A member of the Comanchero bikie gang will face court today charged after weapons, drugs, and a two-metre python was seized from a home in the Lake Macquarie region.

Coastal Carpet Python. Picture: Brodie James
Coastal Carpet Python. Picture: Brodie James

Police searched a home on Pirama Road, Wyee, about 7.30am yesterday and found slingshots, bladed walking canes, flails, an electronic stun device, 1.6kg of cannabis leaf, 28 cannabis plants, methylamphetamine, cash, a Mitsubishi Triton utility believed to have been stolen, ammunition, and a coastal carpet python.

A member of the Comanchero outlaw motorcycle gang will face court today charged after weapons, drugs, and a python were seized from a home in the Lake Macquarie region.
A member of the Comanchero outlaw motorcycle gang will face court today charged after weapons, drugs, and a python were seized from a home in the Lake Macquarie region.

A 46-year-old man was arrested at the property and taken to Toronto Police Station, where he was charged with 23 offences.

Police found slingshots, bladed walking canes, flails, an electronic stun device, 1.6kg of cannabis leaf, 28 cannabis plants, methylamphetamine, cash, a Mitsubishi Triton utility believed to have been stolen, ammunition, and a coastal carpet python.
Police found slingshots, bladed walking canes, flails, an electronic stun device, 1.6kg of cannabis leaf, 28 cannabis plants, methylamphetamine, cash, a Mitsubishi Triton utility believed to have been stolen, ammunition, and a coastal carpet python.

The man, who is a member of the Comancheros, was refused bail to appear before Newcastle Local Court today.

Raptor: The untold story of how NSW Police crushed the bikies
Raptor: The untold story of how NSW Police crushed the bikies

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