Police detain
bikie gang
members in bust
of lavish lair
VIDEO Police
attached to
Strike Force
Raptor raid the
homes,
businesses and
clubhouses of
outlaw
motorcycle
gangs. Source:
NSW Police
The lavish
lairs of some of Australia’s most notorious
bikie gangs have been uncovered in videos
released by NSW Police as part of Strike
Force Raptor.
The videos
shows the work being done by Strike Force
Raptor – an elite group made up of 55 top
cops who passed vigorous and gruelling
training to be part of the squad dedicated
to taking down bikie gangs.
Officers
are seen storming Odin’s Warriors in Tweed
Heads.
The club
has a TV projector and a pool table along
with crates and barrels making it look like
an ordinary pub.
A
projector plays on the wall as
police storm Odin's Warriors in
Tweed Heads. Source: NSW Police
Motorcycles inside the Rebels
Motorcycle Club at Liverpool.
Source: NSW Police
The Odin’s
Warriors logo of a skull stands on the back
wall.
Life
appears to be luxurious inside the Rebels
Motorcycle Club’s lair at Liverpool.
Murals are
painted on the walls, as police stomp past
in riot gear – weapons at the ready.
Clean
polished motorcycles glisten in the
darkness. A pool and foosball table are seen
as an officer shines their torch around.
Foosball and pool tables inside the
Rebels bikie club. Source: NSW
Police
Raptor is
then seen storming a Nomads Motorcycle Club
hideout at Wiltona Place in Girraween.
Inside the
lair are leather couches, bar stools and a
pool table. The walls are painted
exclusively in black and white – the club’s
colours with “Nomads” printed on the back
wall.
“Put your
hands out in front!” an officer yells as the
team makes arrests.
Police make arrests at a Nomad's
club in Girraween. Source: NSW
Police
Another
video shows a raid on the same motorcycle
club in the Hunter Valley.
Police
with sniffer dogs bring down signs, take
away furniture and seize alcohol from behind
a bar as they dismantle the outlaw
motorcycle gang’s club.
Strike
Force Raptor has disrupted everyday life for
bikie gangs and their members.
The
Nomad's Club at Girraween is painted
in the gang's colours - exclusively
black and white. Source: NSW Police
Police
bust
open the
lavish
lairs of
Australia’s
bikie
gangs
VIDEO Police
attached
to
Strike
Force
Raptor
raid the
homes,
businesses
and
clubhouses
of
outlaw
motorcycle
gangs.
Source:
NSW
Police
News Corp
journalist Yoni Bashan said the size of
these bikie operations creates a unique
police strategy, and is not like
investiagting an individual crime.
"If you
consider some of these gangs have members
mounting in the hundreds or even the
thousands, you can't really take down that
many people with just long investigations
that target murder and drug supply for
example," he recently told Weekend Sunrise.
The force
is attempting to take the 'gloss' away from
outlaw motorcycle gangs, deterring people
from joining the crime-ridden groups in the
first place.
Police dismantle another bikie club
in the Hunter Valley. Source: NSW
Police