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 Raid sees 14 guns seized


By Dylan Welch
May 3, 2006 - 6:54AM

Police have seized guns - including a Russian-designed assault rifle - and charged one man with 53 gun related offences during a series of evening raids on an as yet unnamed bikie gang in Sydney's west.

From 5.45 yesterday police from the NSW Gangs Squad, led by Detective Superintendent Kim McKay, along with State Protection Group officers and local police, hit four residences across Auburn, Castle Hill and Merrylands, arresting five men aged between 21 and 32.

Police also seized 14 firearms including semi-automatic pistols and a Russian-designed SKS assault rifle as well as a bulletproof vest.

A 21-year-old man arrested at a Merrylands house was charged with 53 gun offences, including 12 counts of possessing prohibited firearms and will appear before Burwood local court today.

Another four men aged between 22 and 32 from Merrylands and Ermington were all charged with single counts of possessing firearms and will appear before Parramatta local court today.

While few details of the reasons behind the raids have emerged, they follow the recent gunning down of Bandidos bikie gang's city chapter president, Rodney 'Hooks' Monk.

Monk was shot twice in the head in an East Sydney alley on April 20 during an argument with fellow Bandido Russell Oldham, over Oldham's relationship with his parole officer.

Police have refused to say which bikie gang was the subject of the raids, but an anonymous police source suggested it was unlikely to be the Bandidos.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/bikie-raid-sees-14-guns-seized/2006/05/03/1146335760865.html

 
 

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