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Bikies
raided over drug ring - 26th May 2004
(Credit: AAP)
Simultaneous dawn raids on properties in three states
has exposed a $22-million amphetamine network allegedly
organised by five bikie gangs, police said today.
About
350 police raided 26 properties in NSW and South Australia
early this morning, with 17 people being arrested.
Two
properties were raided in Queensland but there was
no arrests.
Most
of the raids were undertaken by 200 officers on 11
homes in the central-western NSW town of Dubbo, where
the operation was allegedly based.
Police
will allege five bikie gangs - the Rebels, Nomads,
Gypsy Jokers, Hells Angels and Finks - are part of
a network manufacturing drugs such as cannabis and
speed worth about $22 million.
The
drugs were then being distributed by truck drivers,
police will allege.
"(Police
have) identified a criminal network with links to
outlaw motorcycle gangs," NSW Drug Squad's Wayne
Gordon said today.
Properties
raided in NSW were at Dubbo, Wellington, Gilgandra,
Sydney and Port Stephens.
Eleven
men and two women were arrested and charged with drugs
offences. They were to appear in Dubbo Local Court
today.
Four
men were arrested in SA after nine houses were raided
in Adelaide and east of Adelaide.
They
were expected to appear in Adelaide Local Court today,
charged with drug offences.
AAP
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