Fearsome bikie taken down over unpaid cat registration

A bikie who failed to pay his cat registration fees for more than a decade has finally settled his debt after he was ordered to pay up or hand over his souped-up Commodore.

The Gypsy Joker office-bearer was ordered to pay his overdue cat registration fees or risk losing his car.

Andrew Rule and Mark Buttler with the latest scallywag scuttlebutt.

Bikie’s kitty takes a hit

When it comes to money, local councils never forget.

A Gypsy Jokers bikie up on the Victoria-New South Wales border found that out the hard way last week when officers from the VIPER taskforce came calling at Wodonga.

After checking he was compliant with a firearms prohibition order, attention was turned to cat registration fees which had been ignored for more than a decade.

The Joker – an office-bearer with the outlaw motorcycle gang’s local chapter – was told he was up for the grand total of $6030.10 so you’d hope it was for more than one feline.

He was given the choice of parting with some sheets or risk having his souped-up Holden Commodore towed away to cover the debt.

The rider sensibly chose to pay up, right down to the last 10 cents.

It was a tricky week for OMCG members based along the Murray as VIPER and members of the NSW Raptor taskforce got busy for a week of action.

An Echuca man is arrested by Victoria’s Viper taskforce during an operation targeting bikie gangs. Picture: Supplied

At Echuca, a local Fink was charged over a homemade shotgun and some other members were also hit with weapons offences.

What police described as “various drugs of dependence” were seized in a raid on the Finks’ Barnawartha clubhouse.

The Black Uhlans are under investigation for licensing breaches.

They were allegedly using an Albury home which doubles as their chapter headquarters as some kind of bar.

Rebels heading south on the Hume Highway towards Victoria were handed consorting warnings after being intercepted.

An old dog for a hard road

Never underestimate a man just because he’s on the wrong side of 50.

Word reaches Deadline that a bloke in one of our maximum security prisons found that out the hard way a little while back

Said fellow tried to put the frighteners on a much older inmate by saying he was related to an organised crime figure with a ton of pull.

The much older bloke, who has claimed a few scalps over his long and violent journey through life, wasn’t having any of it and responded the way he knows best.

The man with the badass “relative” ended up being carted off to be patched up in hospital.

“Thought it’d do him good … did him the opposite,” one well-connected gangland observer said.

Word is that some of the victim’s buddies are nervously monitoring any release date for their mate’s assailant.

They would be hoping he has lost or forgotten a list of enemies he had compiled before his most recent stretch.

Locals gave both barrels

The victim of a recent shooting in a sleepy part of the state didn’t get much sympathy from locals. Picture: iStock

There was a bit of negativity from some on social media after a recent shooting in a sleepy part of the state.

It appeared the victim was not universally popular and, certainly, sympathy was in short supply from some in the town.

That may have been because of his alleged previous connection to a particularly nasty crime of violence.

There seemed to be a strong body of opinion that the said fellow deserved what he got and the shooter should have gone all the way.

“What’s that saying, a life for a life,” said one of the posters.

Thursday night’s alright for fightin’

A well-timed birthday has saved a young hothead from being charged over a recent AFL punch-on.

The youngster was involved in a fight during last Thursday night’s Carlton-Geelong blockbuster at the MCG.

The cops grabbed him not too far away from the ground and took him in for a chat.

He had just turned midnight by then but, at the time of the blue hours earlier, he was 17 so a decision was taken to let him go with a flea in his ear.

A young hothead escaped serious charges stemming from a punch-on at the Carlton v Geelong game, thanks to a well-timed birthday. Picture: Getty Images

The heat is on

One local is ready for action after a succession of nasty home invasion-type incidents in his part of town.

Word has it that this fiery character isn’t planning to mess around with a strategically placed baseball bat or can of mace if the gangs come a knockin’.

His plan is to give any intruders a hot reception using a flamethrower, a la Hank Scorpio from the Simpsons.

No experience needed

One Victorian bikie gang is obviously pretty keen for new members and sees age and inexperience as no obstacle.

A Deadline spy travelling on country roads last week noticed a member of one of the big gangs fanging around on a bike with L-plates.