Mid Coast Police arrest alleged high-ranking member of Finks motorcycle gang
A POLICE Strike Force
established to investigate
motorcycle gang activity on
the mid north coast has
netted a major arrest in
Port Macquarie.
A man, who police believe to
be a high-ranking member of
the Finks motorcycle gang (OMCG),
has been charged with a
string of alleged offences
following the execution of a
search warrant in a
residential area of Port
Macquarie on August 1.
Strike Force Addax was
established in January 2018
by Mid North Coast Police
District investigators to
target OMCG activity across
the region.
At 11.30am on Wednesday,
Strike Force investigators,
with the assistance of
Raptor North, executed a
search warrant at a home in
Thrumster, west of Port
Macquarie.
During the search, police
allegedly located and seized
methylamphetamine, cash, a
push dagger, and a Rolex
watch suspected to be stolen
or otherwise unlawfully
obtained.
All items were secured for
forensic analysis.
A man, 38-year-old Adam
Smith, and a woman,
35-year-old Skye Julie
Smith, were arrested at the
home. They were both taken
to Port Macquarie Police
Station where they were
later charged.
Smith, 38, faced the
magistrate at Port Macquarie
local Court on Thursday,
August 2 on multiple charges
including reckless grievous
bodily harm; attempted
kidnap and threatening
person with the intent to
influence a
witness; demanding property
with menace; assault
occasioning actual bodily
harm; two counts of
possessing a weapon without
a permit; three counts
of possessing a prohibited
drug; six counts
of supplying a prohibited
drug; goods in
custody; dealing with the
proceeds of crime; supplying
a prohibited drug in a
commercial quantity, and
contravening a weapons
prohibition order.
Smith, who police believe is
a high-ranking member of the
Finks OMCG, was refused bail
and will reappear in Port
Macquarie Local Court on
August 9.
Skye Smith was charged with
knowingly take part in the
supply of a prohibited drug
and two counts of possessing
prohibited drug.
She was granted bail and
will reappear in Port
Macquarie Local Court on
August 9.