Cops target newly appointed Comanchero boss with rude awakening

The Sydney underworld is aflutter over the appointment of Allan Meehan as the president of the Comanchero bikie gang. But police are already making his life very uncomfortable.

Police have put the newly minted national president of the Comanchero on notice, targeting him with the strictest crime order in their ­arsenal.

Allan Meehan is now firmly the focus of the Criminal Groups Squad and a main target of their attention after being elevated to the position last week.

Meehan, 35, had a rude awakening on Friday morning when police turned up to his Yerrinbool home and served him with a notice that they intend to take out a serious crime prevention order against him.

The order, if granted in the Supreme Court, allows police some of the toughest powers in NSW legislation.

Allan Meehan, pictured in his new colours at a funeral in Melbourne last week. He donned the patch signifying his new role.

Police turned up to his door on Friday morning.

It would stop him from associating with any other bikie in the state, any crime figure they believe Meehan is linked to and control everything from what phone he has to what bank accounts he can use.

It even dictates what clothes and jewellery he is allowed to wear.

The powers are rarely used and were applied for by police last year to calm the bloodshed between the warring Hamzy and Alameddine clans.

The conditions were so tough it saw former Comanchero sergeant-at-arms Tarek Zahed flee to Melbourne to avoid the constant attention of cops when he was slapped with one.

“We only use them for the most serious of people and we class (Meehan) as a clear risk to the people of NSW, especially as the national president of the Comanchero,” Criminal Groups Squad Commander Superintendent Grant Taylor said.

NSW Police serve Allan Meehan, national president of the Comanchero a notice of application of a Serious Crime Prevention Order on Friday morning.

Meehan is attracting extra attention now that he has been named the new national leader of the Comanchero.

“He has become a primary target of the NSW Police Force and this is just one method of targeting him.

“We want to send a clear message. If you’re going to be the national president of the Comanchero, this is what you can expect.”

Supt Taylor told the Saturday Telegraph the powerful gang’s entire hierarchy from top to bottom were getting “the full focus and attention of police”.

“Every Comanchero is firmly in the sights of the NSW Police,” he said.

He has enjoyed a rapid rise through the ranks in the last year. Picture: NCA NewsWire/David Crosling

“In all my years of investigating (bikie gangs) and organised crime I eventually find out in the long run (bikies) regret the position they were in and look back and wish they had done something else.

“It may look glamorous at the time but with the focus of police daily … that fades away.”

Tarek Zahed was expected to take the role as fugitive leader Mark Buddle’s top man in the country but his shooting last month paved the way for Meehan to step into the role.

The bikie, who was snapped wearing his new colours and a Balaneciaga shirt at a Melbourne funeral last week, has had an astronomical rise in the underworld.

Meehan pictured alongside Tarek Zahed, who is still recovering in hospital after being shot 10 times.

Meehan wore the same dressing gown when he was handed a firearms prohibition order last year. Picture: NSW Police

A former member of the Rebels, he has gone from heading the gang’s Canberra chapter to leading the Sydney operation and now rising to the highest position in less than a year.

Footage of police entering Meehan’s gated home in the Southern Highlands on Friday shows officers handing the heavily tattooed bikie in a fuzzy dressing gown the court notice as he lights a cigarette in front of them.

It is the second time in the last 12 months officers have visited his home after they also served him with a firearms prohibition order in October last year.

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