Change of ownership at Bandidos Ballarat clubhouse before senior member shot
A dispute linked to a change in ownership of a Bandidos clubhouse in Ballarat was brewing before a senior member was shot at an annual run in Ballarat at the weekend.
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Friction over control of a Bandido bikie clubhouse was brewing before a senior member was shot on the weekend.
The outlaw motorcycle gang’s three-day national run in Ballarat was marred by the wounding of a local sergeant-at-arms in the early hours of Sunday.
The Ballarat chapter’s bikie clubhouse near where a Bandido was injured had changed hands six months ago.
Documents show it was transferred to a company called Ann US Drilling in April of this year.
Ann US Drilling is a $2 company registered to a Sebastopol man believed to be linked to the Bandidos.
It had taken over the Greenbank Court, Delacombe, site from two other local men.
The Herald Sun has been told there had been some rancour surrounding the site in recent times.
It is not clear whether this is linked to the events of Sunday which left the member in hospital.
That man suffered upper-body injuries described by police as not life-threatening.
An ambulance was not called to transport the man to hospital, possibly because no one wanted police involved.
Bandidos from around the nation converged on Ballarat for the annual run.
There was also a heavy police contingent from the Echo and VIPER taskforces, as well as local members and officers from specialist units.
The Bandidos are regarded as one of Australia’s big six bikie gangs, along with the Comancheros, Hells Angels, Mongols, Rebels and Finks.
There has been a succession of runs by OMCGs into Victoria in recent years.
It was revealed last year that six of the previous eight national gatherings had been held here, a situation attributed to less restrictive anti-association laws.
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