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Training-wheels bikie comes off second best
Australia - A TRAINEE Bandido bikie embarrassed his gang when he
came off second best in a fight, then had his 'colours' and boots
confiscated by police yesterday.
Officers were originally called to the car park of Cocos shopping
complex in Nerang-Broadbeach Road following reports a bikie with a
knife was involved in an incident there.
When they arrived they found a man with an eye injury and other
lacerations.
Witnesses told police a man and his girlfriend had left the scene on
a black Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
It was believed no knife was involved.
Duty officer Inspector Ron Barry said there had been an altercation
in the car park between the injured man and the trainee bikie.
"We don't know exactly what it was about but it had nothing to do
with bikies and was related to something that happened in the car
park itself," said Insp Barry.
Police then received reports the learner bikie had ridden to the
Bandidos' clubhouse in Cronulla Avenue, Mermaid Beach.
Three police cars rushed to the clubhouse but it appeared to be
unattended.
Police had the trainee Bandido's registration details and tried his
home address, but there was no one there.
Then came a radio report that he had been seen at the BP service
station in Gooding Drive, Merrimac.
As police converged on the scene, there was a further radio report
saying the Bandidos' sergeant-at-arms had also turned up at the
service station.
"Up to seven other Bandidos are believed to be heading to the
service station," said a police radio operator, prompting several
other police units to become involved.
At the service station, the trainee bikie was taken away in an
ambulance after giving his colours, personal belongings and fancy
biker's boots to his sergeant-at-arms for safe keeping.
Insp Barry said the man had a head injury from the altercation at
Cocos.
Several uniformed police and Burleigh Heads CIB detectives descended
on the service station and took the man's bikie gear from the
sergeant-at-arms' car.
The word 'probationary' could clearly be seen in red on the near-new
Bandidos 'colours', the distinctive vest featuring the club's
insignia.
"We had to be here in numbers because there were several other
Bandidos lurking around in the shadows," said a police officer who
would not be named.
"The probationer has obviously panicked and called for assistance.
"It's a pretty safe bet that he won't make it into the full colours
of the club after that little fiasco."
A 29-year-old man has been bailed to appear in the Southport
Magistrates Court on January 25 charged with affray
