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ajor cocaine, ice racket smashed in Qld

 
 
 
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The Queensland Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC) says it has smashed a major cocaine and ice racket on the Gold Coast linked to Hells Angels.

It comes after a major covert investigation known as Operation Atlanta, which targeted organised crime in the area.

Four men, allegedly major players in a distribution network that had links to the Hells Angels Outlaw Motorcycle Gang, are facing over 650 separate criminal charges as a result of the investigation.

A 41-year-old has been charged with 244 offences, a 55 year-old property developer has been charged with 296 offences and a 46-year-old has been charged with 26 offences.

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All three have been charged with trafficking and supplying ice and cocaine.

The 41-year-old man was also charged with producing ice.

A 55-year-old Gold Coast man was charged by the CCC last month as part of the operation, with 91 offences including trafficking ice and cocaine and 74 counts of supplying drugs.

It will be alleged the men were involved in an ice production and distribution site was running out of Tedder Avenue, Main Beach

The wholesale value of the ice is approximately $250,000 but would have a significantly larger street value after being cut, repackaged and sold.

A range of weapons were also seized during the operation including a pump action shotgun, rifle, butterfly knife and a taser.

The men were bailed and are expected to appear in the Southport Magistrates Court on 3 March 2017.

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Five Rebels bikies arrested after 10-month investigation

 

Police carry out a raid a Rebels gang pad in Christchurch in 2016.
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Police carry out a raid a Rebels gang pad in Christchurch in 2016.
 

Police have arrested five members of the Rebels Motorcycle Club in Auckland and Christchurch on drug, firearms, and organised crime charges.

The arrests came after a 10-month investigation.

The five men faced more than 25 charges between them, including possession and supply of methamphetamine and cannabis.

Police say the investigation forced the bikies out of a "gang pad" located near a local school.
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Police say the investigation forced the bikies out of a "gang pad" located near a local school.
 

Multiple firearms and quantities of cannabis and methamphetamine were recovered during the investigation.

Police said the investigation forced the bikies out of a "gang pad" located near a Christchurch school.

"The arrests today send a clear message to the Rebels from police that we will not tolerate their criminal behaviour in Canterbury," said Detective Senior Sergeant Jason Stewart in a release.

"The type of social harm caused by these organisations cannot be underestimated and police will continue work to disrupt and dismantle their criminal activities.

"The supply of drugs is a major driver of other crimes such as burglary, assault and theft by people who are trying to finance their drug use." 

The men were due to appear in the Christchurch and Auckland district courts on Friday.

ajor cocaine, ice racket smashed in Qld

 
 
 
- See more at: http://www.skynews.com.au/news/national/qld/2017/02/18/three-charged-after-major-qld-drug-bust.html#sthash.d01iw07Q.dpuf

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