Senior Perth bikie charged after using forklift to stack ute on top of car
A senior member of a Perth outlaw bikie gang has been charged with criminal damage after a bizarre incident at a factory unit in which a ute was stacked on top of a car using a forklift.
Police said on the afternoon of Friday October 27 more than 50 motorcycles that had participated in the Rebels' national run in Tasmania were transported on a truck to a factory unit in Malaga for storage.
Members of the Rebels outlaw motorcycle gang asked an occupant of a neighbouring factory unit to move some nearby vehicles to clear an area for offloading the motorcycles.
One vehicle was moved but mechanical issues stopped two others from being relocated.
Staff left work for the week and returned on the Monday morning to find a Holden Rodeo ute stacked on top of a Daewoo Matiz, with both vehicles sustaining significant structural and mechanical damage estimated at more than $10,000.
Police will allege a 47-year-old Balcatta man, who is a senior Rebels member, used a forklift to pick up one vehicle and stack it on top of the other.
He' s been charged with with one count of criminal damage and is due to appear in the Midland Magistrate's Court on November 30, 2017.
Gang Crime Squad Detective Senior Sergeant Craig Annesley encouraged members of the public to come forward with information regarding outlaw motorcycle gang activity.