During the 2016 raid, Strike Force Raptor
detectives seized alcohol and anything else deemed to be associated with an
outlaw motorcycle gang.
Police have become increasingly frustrated at
tit-for-tat attacks between rival gangs in the Hunter over the past year and
held concerns a member of the public would be caught
in the crossfire.
The feud, mainly between the Nomads and
Finks, comes at a time the Finks’ influence in the region is increasing.
The
latest payback attack came as recently as last week when a Gillieston
Heights home was sprayed with bullets
on Friday morning. The Islington clubhouse was firebombed on January 4 with
“several” Molotov cocktails thrown into the house in the early morning.
Detectives spent several hours on Monday
night seizing items from the clubhouse, including large amounts of alcohol
and memorabilia from the pool room. There were no Nomads members at the
clubhouse at the time of the raid.
One motorbike bore the number plate “NFF14”
– an acronym for Nomads Forever Forever Nomads.