The Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) says it has smashed a
major cocaine and ice racket on the Gold Coast linked to Hells Angels.
It comes after a major covert investigation known as Operation Atlanta,
which targeted organised crime in the area.
Four men, allegedly major players in a distribution network that had
links to the Hells Angels Outlaw Motorcycle Gang, are facing over 650
separate criminal charges as a result of the investigation.
A 41-year-old has been charged with 244 offences, a 55 year-old property
developer has been charged with 296 offences and a 46-year-old has been
charged with 26 offences.
All three have been charged with trafficking and supplying ice and
cocaine.
The 41-year-old man was also charged with producing ice.
A 55-year-old Gold Coast man was charged by the CCC last month as part of
the operation, with 91 offences including trafficking ice and cocaine and 74
counts of supplying drugs.
It will be alleged the men were involved in an ice production and
distribution site was running out of Tedder Avenue, Main Beach
The wholesale value of the ice is approximately $250,000 but would have a
significantly larger street value after being cut, repackaged and sold.
A range of weapons were also seized during the operation including a pump
action shotgun, rifle, butterfly knife and a taser.
The men were bailed and are expected to appear in the Southport
Magistrates Court on 3 March 2017.
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