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Rebels bikies busted in police raids: Four members facing charges

Bikie-busting cops have charged four Rebels with a number of violent offences after seizing cash, cars and an allegedly stolen motorcycle during a series of raids on properties affiliated to the outlaw gang.

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Four Rebels bikies were arrested on Wednesday after a series of raids across Melbourne.

The four men are facing charges including aggravated burglary, false imprisonment, blackmail and robbery.

Detectives from the anti-gangs Echo taskforce searched Rebels-affiliated properties in Sunshine West, Point Cook, Carrum Downs, Greenvale and Traralgon.

They arrested the four men and seized an allegedly stolen motorcycle, multiple cars and a large amount of stolen cash.

The raids were part of an investigation into aggravated burglary and extortion-related offences.

The accused men are a 28-year-old Sunshine West man, a 22-year-old Point Cook man, a 39-year-old Greenvale man and a 32-year-old Point Cook man.

The investigation remains ongoing.

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