Mongols OMCG: 18 bikie associates arrested after nationwide raids
Police have charged a NSW member of the Mongols Outlaw Motorcycle Gang as part of a co-ordinated nationwide raid in which 18 people were arrested.
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Eighteen people have been arrested, including one from the Sydney suburb of Rhodes, after a nationwide police operation targeting the Mongols Outlaw Motorcycle Gang.
Yesterday the National Task Force Morpheus executed 20 warrants across the country in a national day of action to disrupt the bikies’ criminal circle.
In NSW police visited homes in Kellyville Ridge and Dee Why on Thursday morning searching for prohibited guns.
Strike Force Raptor also raided a home in Rhodes, where they arrested a member of the Mongols gang.
Police said a man was hiding inside and refused to answer, forcing officers to beat the door down.
Police say the 26-year-old was involved in a brawl at a Rydalmere venue in October.
Police said they also found more than $57,500 in cash, cannabis, steroids and mobile phones at his Rhodes unit, as well as a Mongols vest and a Mongols-branded motorcycle.
The man, who has a large tattoo of the bikie calling card “1 per cent”, has been charged with affray and possessing prohibited prescribed substances, and he will face Burwood Court in January.
In the Dee Why home police allegedly found $9000 in cash, a bulletproof vest, prescription medication and Mongols paraphernalia.
The massive nationwide operation saw multiple agencies working together, including police from NSW, Victoria, Western Australia, Northern Territory, South Australia and Queensland, as well as Border Force officers and Australian Federal Police.
The 18 arrested included members and associates of the bikie club.
Police say 14 guns were found in Victoria, and in Queensland 29 prisoners were also searched as part of the warrant.
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