Three men charged, drugs and weapons seized in raptor squad crackdown on Finks outlaw motorcycle gang associates
Police have arrested three men, seized drugs and weapons as well as issued multiple warnings during a targeted crackdown on alleged members of the Finks bikies. One of the men has made a bid for bail.
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One of three men charged after police seized illicit drugs and weapons during a targeted operation involving alleged members and associates of the Finks Outlaw Motorcycle Gang has been granted bail.
As part of a day of a targeted day of action on Tuesday, Raptor Squad officers executed 14 Firearm Prohibition Order (FPO) compliance checks across Sydney and 13 consorting warnings.
Officers also seized what they will allege is 35g of cocaine, 16g of methylamphetamine, 12 MDMA tablets and a small amount of cannabis.
The operation began early, with officers executing an FPO compliance check at a home in Georges Hall about 5.50am.
While no FPO breaches were identified, a 50-year-old man was arrested for allegedly breaching a consorting warning more than 10 times over the past seven months.
He was taken to Bankstown Police Station and charged with habitually consorting with convicted offenders after warning where he was granted conditional bail and is due to appear in Bankstown Local Court on August 14.
At 7.10am, officers carried out another FPO compliance check in North Parramatta where officers allegedly located prohibited drugs, along with scales and packaging materials consistent with drug supply.
A 52-year-old man, Ergun Bolen, was arrested and later charged at Parramatta Police Station with three counts of supplying a prohibited drug in indictable but less than commercial quantities and one count of possessing a prohibited drug.
He was refused bail and faced Parramatta Local Court on Wednesday.
He was subsequently granted bail with several conditions including that he must not associate with any Finks members, he must report daily to police, not leave Australia, abide by a 6am to 9pm curfew and not possess more than one mobile phone.
Bolen is due to face Parramatta Local Court on July 16.
Earlier on Wednesday morning, at 5.45am, officers stopped a vehicle in Auburn as part of another FPO compliance check and inside the vehicle, police found a knife and a baseball bat. The driver, a 32-year-old man, was arrested and charged with custody of a knife and an offensive implement in a public place.
He was granted conditional bail to appear at Burwood Local Court on August 7.