Comanchero boss Allan Meehan hit with serious crime prevention order

Comanchero bikie boss Allan Meehan will be closely monitored by police after the NSW Supreme Court slapped him with a serious crime prevention order.

Comanchero gang boss Allan Meehan has been banned from associating with 34 others including fellow bikies and will have key aspects of his life heavily scrutinised by police after the NSW Supreme Court on Tuesday slapped a serious crime prevention order on him.

Meehan, a one-time member of the Rebels who defected to the Comanchero in 2014 and has since shot up the ranks, becoming national president earlier this year, did not oppose the making of the order and left much of the police evidence against him largely unchallenged during the court proceedings.

Under the terms of the order, Meehan must live at a nominated address, understood to be his rural property in Yerrinbool, in the Southern Highlands, and has to notify police at least 24 hours in advance if he intends on staying the night somewhere else.

He is also restricted to having just one bank account, credit card and debit card, must not hold more than $10,000 in cash or use an encrypted mobile phone, and must provide police with details of all private vehicles he owns.

If he ever uses a taxi or Uber, he is required to provide police with the number plate and his destination within 24 hours of taking the trip.

Comanchero national president Allan Meehan.

Meehan (right) with Comanchero sergeant-at-arms Tarek Zahed, who was recovering from a shooting. Picture Instagram

The court also issued a ban on Meehan wearing any club colours or outlaw motorcycle gang-related clothing or jewellery outside his home — he is also banned from posting pictures on social media of him wearing such attire.

Perhaps one of the key conditions of the order, however, is a ban on Meehan associating with a host of men identified in court documents, some of whom are known Comanchero members or associates.

At the top of the list is Mohamad “Moey” Alameddine, who is himself in a legal fight with police who are also seeking to have him subjected to a serious crime prevention order.

Others in the 34-person list include alleged South Coast Comanchero bikie Emmanuel Vamvoukakis and Matthew Douet.

Comanchero sergeant-at-arms Tarek Zahed is not on the list.

The court decision comes four months after police arrived unexpectedly at Meehan’s semirural property early on a Friday and served him with a notice of intention to take out a serious crime prevention order against him.

Footage of police entering Meehan’s gated home showed officers handing the heavily tattooed bikie in a fuzzy dressing gown as he lit a cigarette in front of them.

In a judgment handed down on Tuesday, Justice Monika Schmidt said for the order to be made, the court had to be satisfied that the evidence established there was a “real and significant” likelihood Meehan would be involved in “serious crime-related activities”, despite his own limited criminal history.

Meehan has been banned from wearing his club colours. Picture: Instagram

The court was satisfied there was a “real and significant” risk of Meehan being involved in crime. Picture: Instagram

She noted evidence from two high-ranking police officers about Meehan’s involvement in the Comanchero and the club’s illegal activities went largely unchallenged by Meehan’s legal team.

In fact, the only information Meehan took issue with was suggestions he had been responsible for facilitating a reprisal attack following the shooting of Tarek and Omar Zahed in May this year, Justice Schmidt said.

Comanchero national sergeant at arms Tarek Zahed (right), pictured with the gang’s boss Allan Meehan (left).

She accepted the evidence of the police officer, noting Meehan’s legal team had not called any evidence on their client’s behalf to dispute the evidence or the opinions of the police officers.

“On the uncontested evidence, which includes the unchallenged opinions of two senior police officers, based on their extensive experience of policing criminal organisations …. I am well satisfied that the necessary likelihood of Mr Meehan’s future involvement in serious crime related activities has also been established,” Justice Schmidt said.

As part of her judgment, Justice Schmidt also outlined Meehan’s history of involvement with outlaw gangs, saying he had initially joined the Rebels in 2010, and at one stage held the position of president of the Sutherland chapter.

He defected to the Comanchero in 2014, holding positions of Sutherland chapter president and ACT commander, before being appointed NSW commander in 2021.

Meehan took over as the club’s national president in June this year after the arrest of current president Mick Murray on a murder charge in April.