Mohammed Khodr said being a bikie boss was like painting a target on his back

A former Melbourne Hells Angels bikie boss has urged young men to stay away from gang life, warning there is no glory and police are always waiting.

A former Hells Angels boss has urged young men to steer clear of outlaw motorcycle gangs, warning it’s nothing like TV show Sons of Anarchy.

Mohammed “Moe” Khodr was president of the gang’s Darkside chapter before he wound up in jail over high-level drug trafficking charges in 2015.

Khodr spent almost eight years in prison – much of it in Port Phillip Prison’s gruelling solitary unit – after supplying undercover police 910g of methylamphetamine, a semiautomatic pistol and ammunition in a covert sting originating on Gumtree.

Now out of prison, Khodr has told how there is no glory in the gang life.

He said prospecting – the process in which recruits must prove their loyalty before being patched – is nothing like it’s made out to be.

Former Hells Angels Darkside chapter president Moe Khodr in a police car.

Khodr said being a chapter boss was like having ‘two full time jobs’.

Khodr has warned others against falling for the seemingly glamorous lifestyle portrayed on TV shows.

Every(one) glorifies it … (they) say you’re going to go to strip clubs … (but) all you’re doing is buying drinks and cleaning the bar,” he told The Felon Show, hosted by a former Port Phillip inmate.

Once patched, Khodr said “you can’t even breathe” with police on your back 24/7.

“You may as well draw a f--king target on your back. The days of just cruising around and making some money are over. You can’t do anything … (police) are waiting at the end of the street,” he said.

Khodr said being president of the Mornington Peninsula based Darkside chapter was like having “two full time jobs” involving 5am phone calls and endless internal politics.

“It’s not like Sons of Anarchy where we ride around and drink piss. It’s a rough life,” he said.

Inside the walls of Port Phillip Prison, where Khodr spent much of his time in the gruelling solitary unit. Picture: David Caird

Khodr says being in a bikie gang is nothing like a Sons of Anarchy episode.

Khodr said ten of his “boys” were locked up in the sting which landed him in jail and later made him realise he was done with the gang life.

He said he spent long stints in solitary, known as the “pokey”, and was forgotten by his “brothers” on the outside.

“I had the gang member til I die mentality,” he said.

“One day it dawned on me – what the f--k was I doing with my life? I thought, where does it end? Do I end up dead or doing 30 – 40 years like other boys are?”

Khodr said he has straightened his life out and is a family man living in Melbourne.

He warned men not to make the same choices he did.

“I’ve done it and there’s nothing at the top of the mountain. You’re the only person at the top and no other (person) is there with ya. You’re the one that goes to jail,” he said.

“If you wanna watch your mum grow old in a visitor’s centre, do what I did.”