Outlaw bikie gangs the Finks and Comancheros are at each other’s throats over patching over members. These fiery flare-ups have a long history of turning deadly — and not just for those who sign up to live the thug life.
Machete-wielding thugs have stolen Western Bulldog star Jamarra Ugle-Hagan’s Jeep and gone on a violent rampage across Melbourne’s southeastern suburbs.
Melbourne wrestling champion Huseyin Gul has been charged with 25 offences, including alleged drug trafficking and weapons charges, following a dramatic police arrest where he was tasered.
A satirical American website is at the centre of a bizarre investigation that’s led to a Diamond Creek man being charged with trying to frame his brother for murder.
A Taylors Hill man has been arrested as part of a three-month investigation into the death of a Meadow Heights man following a violent altercation at a Greenvale building site.
Exiled crime kingpin Kazem ‘Kaz’ Hamad has been implicated in the tragic death of Katie Tangey, who died when arsonists linked to the tobacco wars firebombed the wrong house.
Rampant gangland firebombings have left a trail of destruction resulting in four deaths and a damage bill running into the hundreds of millions.
The rival Finks and Comanchero bikie gangs are locked in a bitter Melbourne power struggle, with a wave of recent fires suspected to be linked to the conflict between the clubs.
Fear isn’t the only reason tobacco store owners pay protection money to exiled crime kingpin Kazem Hamad, with some requesting firebombings of rival stores.
A Taylors Hill man allegedly working for a senior Comanchero has been jailed, after a huge police sting uncovered 160kg of cocaine worth $40m hidden in air filters.
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