bikie gang member is due to be charged by police after dozens of explosive units and detonators were found at the clubhouse of Rock Machine OMCG last night.

Tactical Response Group officers searched the Myaree clubhouse about 7pm last night, uncovering 54 units of Powergel explosives in a vehicle, and 34 explosive detonators on one of the members at the property.

Inside the clubhouse, officers found one unit of Powergel explosives, 34 more detonators, a sawn-off 12-gauge shotgun and 19 rounds of .22 calibre ammunition.

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The gang have been linked to a number of incidents since they set up in Perth in 2009, most recently linked to teh storming of a Spearwood tattoo parlour in January.

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41 street gang members have been arrested in five cities in a coordinated law enforcement effort aimed at crushing a wide range of violent criminal activity.

Federal criminal charges unsealed Wednesday target seven members of the Click Clack gang in Kansas City, Mo.; 12 Colonias Chiques gang members in Los Angeles; two members and associates of the Sureno13 and San Chucos gangs in Las Vegas; seven MS-13 members in Washington, D.C.; and 13 Tri-City Bombers members and associates in McAllen, Texas.

Authorities allege that the gang members engaged in murder, trafficking of drugs and guns and racketeering conspiracies that endangered safety in the areas in which the gang members operated.

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Local police agencies said a new biker gang could be moving into the Tri-State.

Officers said the possible expansion of the Hell's Angels could bring about a turf war.

Investigators said the Detroit Highwaymen group is moving into new headquarters at Eighth and State streets.

Police said they came knocking at the group's original location on Central Avenue a couple of years ago.

"(We) introduced ourselves and explained as long as they didn't break the law they won't have any problems from us," Assistant Police Chief Vince Demasi said.

Police said the Highwaymen's new spot is just a block away from a rival group known as "The Outcasts."

Officials said Cincinnati appears to have become a hotbed for motorcycle clubs.

Police said the city has been home to the Iron Horsemen club for several decades, as well as other groups.

"We've gotten some information that a group of Hell's Angels out of Cleveland are trying to relocate here as well," Demasi said.

Police stressed the problem isn't with people who like to ride motorcycles, it's the 1 percent that is connected to criminal activity. Detective said the "1 percenters" generally make their money off of prostitution and drug money.

City officials said they hope those crimes won't follow with an explosion of clubhouses.

Some experts suggest the swell of bikers is tied to an FBI raid in Detroit that left more than 90 Detroit Highwaymen in custody and pushed many biker gangs out of Michigan.

Police said "1 percenters" generally target other gang members, but people should be alert if a club moves into the neighborhood.

"That would unnerve me enough to leave. Because the two of them never play well with each other," Demas said.

Officers said the largest collection of fights between the club members, has been within bars on the west side of town.

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A string of drive-by shootings in the Lower Valley may be retaliation for gunfire that sent a 13-year-old girl to a Seattle hospital, where she remains in critical condition, detectives said Friday.

The girl’s family, who said she’s recovering from a blood-filled lung, calls the shootings a case of mistaken identity.

"We’re not retaliating against anybody," Silvia Rocha, the girl’s grandmother, said Friday in an interview at her Sunnyside home.

"I just want this to stop."

Late Thursday and early Friday morning, dozens upon dozens of rounds were fired into at least six homes from Granger to Grandview. Remarkably the gunfire hurt no one, but came close to the people inside, some of them small children, authorities said.

Detectives have made no arrests and have no suspects.

Authorities suspected all five shootings were gang-related and are investigating the possibility that they are retaliation for the Wednesday night drive-by shooting on 10th Street in Sunnyside that sent the girl to Seattle’s Harborview Medical Center.

Some members of the girl’s family have the last name of Flores, leading to speculation by police and others that her shooting is connected to Miguel Flores. Earlier this month, his court testimony helped convict on Outlook man, 23-year-old Jesus Fabian Perales, of the murder of 14-year-old Francisca Hernandez-Ramirez, whose throat was slit before her body was dumped in a Lower Valley canal. But Rocha and her family say they are not related to Miguel Flores.

"Maybe they confused it," she said.

Authorities said all the dots — or none of them — may connect in the spate of shootings.

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Canadian police officer suffered a broken jaw following a run-in with a member of the Hells Angels in Mexico last weekend.

He was among a group of officers from Quebec who were vacationing in Playa del Carmen, a sea resort in southern Mexico that’s also known as a favourite hangout for Quebec gangsters.

The officer had gone to a bar in nearby Cancun with two colleagues and at one point he stepped away to snap a picture of the biker.

When the off-duty officer failed to return, his two friends went looking for him. Assuming he had returned to the hotel, they went back to their room and realized he was missing. They returned to the bar and found him bloodied and bruised from a serious beating.

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Police say three men were shot and a woman was beat up during a biker gang's New Year's Eve party in Kingston.

The gunfire happened at about 3:45 a.m. in the small Ulster County city, 60 miles south of Albany.

Authorities tell the Daily Freeman and Times Herald-Record that two of the wounded men were in serious condition. All four victims were hospitalized.

Investigators think the woman was bludgeoned with a pistol.

Det. Lt. Timonty Matthews tells the newspapers the party was held in a building that a Newburgh motorcycle gang had converted into a clubhouse.

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BIKIE war has erupted between the Comanchero and Notorious over plans to set up a chapter at Bondi Beach.

Firebombings, extortion and street assaults have exploded in Sydney's Eastern Suburbs as the rival gangs battle for turf supremacy.

The firebomb attack at Coogee Ink yesterday morning escalated the simmering feud to new levels.

The tattoo parlour, on Coogee Bay Rd, is owned by Comanchero national president Daux Ngakuru and his right-hand man Mark Buddle.

Buddle, 32, was released from prison last week for his role in a daylight brawl with Notorious boss Allan Sarkis and his enforcer David Lima.

The trio, and a fourth man Michael Murray who is an associate of Buddle, clashed outside Bondi Ink on October 28. The tattoo parlour is also linked to the Comanchero.

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The battle has centred on a turf war. Notorious wants a bigger piece of the lucrative Bondi, Coogee, Clovelly and Maroubra markets.Notorious bikie chiefs began targeting the traditional Comanchero turf after senior members, including president Mick Hawi, were arrested for their alleged roles in the bashing death of bikie associate Anthony Zervas.

The death triggered a war with the Hells Angels, which has ended.In response to the new threat, the Comanchero went on a recruitment drive to beef-up its membership.Earlier this year they began targeting the Kings Cross cash pot - the nightclub strip protected by Notorious.Police sources said the Comanchero was considering opening a Bondi chapter

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Maine’s attorney general released a video clip today of federal agents’ attempt to arrest an Outlaws’ motorcycle gang member last summer at a small house on Sandy Circle.

The agents shot and killed Thomas Mayne on June 15 during a nationwide roundup of 27 members of the Outlaws, four of them in Maine.

Attorney General Janet Mills announced Tuesday that the agents were justified in using dead More..ly force in self-defense against Mayne, 58, a former enforcer with the Outlaws motorcycle gang.

The video is silent for the first 11 seconds, when police can be seen walking slowly toward the brown house, past a car and a pickup truck parked in the driveway.

The sound starts just after several puffs of smoke burst from windows, indicating shots fired from inside the house.

The remainder of the 1-minute, 31-second video includes the sound of rapid gunfire and an agent shouting for people to come out of the house with their hands raised above their heads. It also shows heavy smoke from gunfire rising above the house and police moving quickly around the property.

Agents with the federal Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives were involved in Mayne’s arrest because he was considered a high-risk suspect, Mills said in her report, which was based on intreviews with 40 people and forensic evidence.

Mayne had shot a member of the Hell’s Angels motorcycle gang in Canaan during a feud between the two clubs and had boasted about becoming famous for resisting arrest.

When ATF agents, state police troopers and Old Orchard Beach police descended on the house at 5 Sandy Circle, they were met with gunshots fired from a window.

Four of the ATF agents, armed with rifles, returned fire, shooting a total of 20 rounds, the report said. The exchange took seven seconds.

Mayne’s body was found inside, still clutching a six-shot, .45-caliber semi-automatic pistol that he had emptied toward the officers. Police also found a rifle and a shotgun in the room.

Six of the agents’ rounds hit Mayne in the head and neck. A seventh round injured both legs, the report said. Nobody else was injured.

Mills concluded that when the agents fired at Mayne, they believed deadly force was being used against them and it was necessary to use deadly force to protect themselves and others, according to her report.

The report didn’t identify the ATF officers who fired, saying that releasing their identities could put them in danger.

Mayne was the Outlaws’ regional treasurer when he was killed. His arrest warrant was the result of a months-long undercover investigation that yielded warrants for, among others, Outlaws national President Jack Rosga of Milwaukee.

The indictment issued in U.S. District Court in Richmond, Va., alleged conspiracy, drug trafficking, illegal possession of firearms, attempted murder and witness tampering.

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There's no indication outlaw bikie gangs were involved in the shooting of a woman on the Gold Coast, police say.

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Police divers hoping to find the weapon are searching canals near the Gold Coast home where the woman, 26, was shot in the thigh about 8.15am (AEST) on Monday.

Detectives on Tuesday revealed there may have been a second victim.

They're following information that a man may have been injured, although the nature of any injury isn't known.

Detective Superintendent Dave Hutchinson said the man may have left the house, in Namatjira Court at Broadbeach Waters, before police arrived.

He said police were still trying to piece together what happened, and other people who were at the house when the shooting occurred were helping with inquiries.

He said detectives were yet to interview the injured woman, who underwent surgery on Monday.

"She's still in intensive care, but her injuries are certainly not life threatening," Det Supt Hutchinson told reporters.

He confirmed that members of Taskforce Hydra, set up to investigate the activities of outlaw motorcycle gangs, were involved in the investigation on Monday but had since withdrawn.

"There's nothing to suggest that outlaw motorcycle gangs are involved in this incident," he said.

"No Taskforce Hydra members are on the Gold Coast today."

He refused to say if people caught up in the drama were known to police, nor would he say if any drugs were found inside the house.

"I don't want to talk about operational matters at this point in time," he said.

Police began their investigations after ambulance officers called to the house alerted them. It was the fourth shooting on the Gold Coast this month.

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Finks bikie gang member Troy Mercanti is expected to serve an extra four months in jail for refusing to answer questions at an Australian Crime Commission inquiry.

43 year-old Mercanti is already serving a two year and four month sentence for assault which does not finish until April next year.

He was called before an ACC inquiry into organised crime last year, but refused to answer 10 questions.

District Court Judge Allan Fenbury imposed a 12 month jail term but Mercanti can be released on a good behaviour bond after serving four months.

His partner, Tammy Kingdon, was in court for the sentencing.

She was due to be sentenced earlier today for stealing from a trust fund belonging to the children of a rival bikie gang but the case was adjourned.

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Tom Flanagan's remarks that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange should be assassinated were not merely "ill-considered" or "regrettable," but were, in fact, criminal and should be prosecuted.

So far this year, 39 journalists have been killed trying to bring the truth to light. Flanagan's words, if acted upon, would bring it to 40. Every year, journalists around the world live in fear of death or threats to their livelihoods.

But those threats don't just exist in countries with corrupt regimes or totalitarian states. They occur in Canada regularly and, unfortunately, they have been acted upon.

Brian Smith was leaving the newsroom after a shift one night when he was gunned down. Michel Auger survived a near-fatal shooting the day after his Montreal newspaper published his article about the Hell's Angels. Tara Singh Hayer's journalism career was ended by gunfire a decade after he was left paralyzed from the first attempt on his life.

Then there are threats that don't always make the news. The subtle suggestion by police to "be a good driver" after a critical story is printed; the use of public dollars to financially punish a newspaper critical of local government; or the threat of jail time for journalists who don't give up sources.

Flanagan's comments are just the tip of the iceberg. That they come from a university professor and someone with considerable influence in the upper levels of government make them all the more reprehensible.



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Leslie Douglas Greenwood has been charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the shooting of Barry Kirk Mersereau and Nancy Paula Christensen in 2000. He is also charged with the attempted murder of ex-Hells Angel Randy Mersereau in 1999 and being an accessory after the fact in the murder of Randy Mersereau later that same year.

RCMP arrested Greenwood without incident at a residence in Bramber, Hants County at 12:30 a.m. Thursday, RCMP provincial spokeswoman Sgt. Brigdit Leger said.

The 41-year-old who has no fixed address was held overnight and taken to Halifax provincial court Friday for arraignment on the charges. He remained in cells during the brief proceeding as duty counsel John Black appeared on his behalf. The lawyer waived reading of the charges and the case was moved to Truro provincial court on Jan. 11 to set a date for a preliminary hearing. Greenwood was ordered to jail until that time.

Crown Shauna MacDonald said the case was heard in Halifax only because the Truro court wasn’t sitting on Friday.

Believed to be suffering from cancer, Greenwood has a series of convictions for offences, including drug possession, theft, break and enter, fraud, forgery, possessing a restricted or prohibited weapon, possessing a device to obtain telecommunication service and piracy.

Spokeswoman Leger answered few questions about the continuing investigation, but she did say that Greenwood was known to all three victims.

Kirk Mersereau and his wife Nancy were shot execution-style in their home in Centre Burlington, Hants Co. A neighbour discovered their bodies on Sept. 10, 2000. The couple's 18-month-old son was in his crib, unharmed.

In their book, The Road to Hell: How the Biker Gangs are Conquering Canada, journalists William Marsden and Julian Sher wrote that Kirk Mersereau had issued a $50,000 contract on the heads of those he held responsible for the murder of his brother, Randy.

A founding member of the Halifax chapter of the Hells Angels, Randy Mersereau left the gang in the ’90s and set up his own drug network. In the book, it’s suggested that he hooked up with a rival biker gang, the Bandidos, and it was rumoured that he had put a contract out on Hells Angels Nomads David (Wolf) Carroll and Maurice (Mom) Boucher and Halifax Hells Angel Michael McCrea.

On Sept. 23, 1999, a bomb exploded at a Bible Hill car dealership, injuring several people. Randy Mersereau escaped with his life, but his luck wouldn’t last long. He went missing on Oct. 31, 1999 and police uncovered human remains believed to belong to Randy Mersereau last Sunday in a wooded area off Hiram Lynds Road in North River, Colchester County.

Biker informant Dany Kane, now deceased, told investigators that the biker gang had Randy Mersereau shot dead and buried him with the gun used to kill him.

Leger said that officers are still working with the medical examiner’s office to determine the identity of the remains found and the exact cause of death.

Last week, RCMP arrested Gerald MacCabe and charged the 43-year-old Salmon River, Colchester Co. man with being an accessory after the fact in the murder of Randy Mersereau. Documents filed in Truro provincial court repeat the claims made in the Halifax court files: that Jeffrey Lynds murdered Mersereau.

But Lynds, a Colchester County man who became a full-patch Hells Angel in 2001, has not been charged in the murder of Randy Mersereau. In fact, no one has been charged in that killing.

Leger wouldn’t say whether they’re looking at charging Lynds or anyone else in relation to this crime.

Lynds and two other Halifax Hells Angels went to jail in 2003 for drug dealing, in a case that led to the collapse of the Halifax chapter later that same year. After his release, Lynds joined the Nomads in Ontario. RCMP arrested him May 30 in Bible Hill in the murder of two men in Montreal on Jan. 24. Police said they found a loaded handgun on him at the time.

As for other Hells Angels whose names surfaced in these cases, Boucher is in prison serving time for a series of other murders and Carroll is still listed as wanted by police on other charges, including murder.

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Kelowna member of the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club has had yet another brush with the law.

Joseph Bruce Skreptak, 43, allegedly broke into a house on Froelich Road in Rutland on Nov. 1 and assaulted a father and son. The father had to be treated in hospital.

Const. Steve Holmes with the Kelowna RCMP says Skreptak was charged with break and enter with intent, aggravated assault, assault and uttering threats.

Two weeks ago, Skreptak was one of four men in a speeding vehicle pulled over by police near Salmon Arm. Skreptak and the three other men, who are also associated with the Hells Angels, face a long list of charges in connection with the seizure of guns, ammunition, knives, clubs and bear spray.

In 2005, Kelowna RCMP busted a marijuana grow-operation in a home owned by Skreptak. The biker said the dope belonged to his tenants and he was never charged.



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member of the Last Rebels Motorcycle Club was sentenced Friday to time served for his role in a plan to smuggle guns and other weapons into a David Allan Coe concert at a Huntington bar in 2006.


In June, Thomas E. Geer, 58, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit a violent crime in aid of racketeering for planning to use a guitar case to get guns and ax handles into the Monkey Barrel.


The Last Rebels, a smaller club affiliated with the Pagans Motorcycle Club, wanted to use the weapons to confront members of a rival gang who were rumored to be planning on going to the concert, according to court records. Although Coe canceled the gig for unrelated reasons, members of the Last Rebels did bring weapons to the concert.

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Chatting with bikers not breach of Pammett's probation - Peterborough Examiner - Ontario, CA: "Bob Pammett wasn't breaching his conditional sentence when he was spotted with members of the Outlaws motorcycle gang this summer, a Peterborough judge ruled Friday.
'(And) if Pammett had stopped to chat with anyone but a biker, I don't think we'd be here,' Madam Justice Esther Rosenberg said.
Pammett, a convicted cocaine dealer who openly admits to being a member of the Bandidos biker gang, was serving a two-years- less-a-day conditional sentence that went into effect May 21. It was from an assault conviction from the Niagara Region.
For the first year Pammett is under house arrest but is allowed out from 1 to 3 p.m. on Saturdays for 'shopping, food, clothing and other necessities.'
Rosenberg said Pammett provided a 'reasonable excuse' to explain, in what he called a coincidence, why he ran into members of the Outlaws gang first at the Tim Hortons at Lansdowne St. E. and Ashburnham Rd. and then at a Brown St. home, associated with known Outlaws biker associate Rory Vader, on July 24.
Pammett testified he wanted to rent a room at the Brown St. home and had stopped at the Tim Hortons when he was on his way to getting his tires checked."

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ELEVEN people have been arrested in a series of police raids against suspected organised criminal gangs.

Four men and two women from the Peterlee, Shotton Colliery and Wingate areas of east Durham were arrested on Thursday.

And yesterday, a further five men were arrested in Wingate, Horden and Peterlee.

The suspects are aged from their mid-20s to mid-50s.

Durham Police also seized £20,000 under the Proceeds of Crime Act.

The arrests were part of Operation Sledgehammer, the force’s drive to tackle organised crime by arresting suspects and seizing criminal assets.

Officers based at Peterlee, working with trading standards officers and Environment Agency officials, also raided two commercial premises as part of the operation.

Ten suspects were held on suspicion of being involved in illegal car dealing activity, including vehicle disposal and suspected “crash for cash” insurance fraud.

An 11th person, a woman in her mid-20s from Wingate, was questioned on suspicion of possessing class A drugs.

Detective Chief Superintendent Jane Spraggon said: “Operation Sledgehammer is about tackling people suspected of being involved in a network of criminal activity.

“This activity could include money laundering, drug-related crime, fraud and importing counterfeit goods.

“The operation is another opportunity to remind the law-abiding public how they can play their part in dismantling criminal networks.

“We’re asking people to report any suspicions.”

She added: “If someone with no obvious source of legitimate income appears to have a lavish lifestyle, let us know and we’ll do the rest.

“Don’t ignore it, report it.”

Five people released on police bail, while the rest are still being questioned.

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Bandidos, Hells Angels and other criminal motorcycle gangs have ramped up their expansion in Sweden, while at the same time gaining a foothold in Europe.

Bandidos, Hells Angels and other criminal biker gangs that are already established in Sweden are becoming more firmly entrenched in Europe as the creation of new gangs accelerates in the country.

While many criminal motorcycle gangs are already well-established in Sweden, a new wave of expansion is underway, driven by growth within the Hells Angels, Bandidos and Outlaws.

"In the last three years, Hells Angels has started five new divisions in Eskilstuna, Norrköping, Luleå, Uppsala and a new division in Stockholm. Previously, it took them 10 years to start up so many new divisions, so the curve has risen steeply," said Lasse Wierup, a journalist, author and expert on motorcycle gangs told the TT news agency.

Part of the reason is that a new international motorcycle club, the Outlaws, has established itself in Sweden. For example, HA's new division in Uppsala was a response to the Outlaws' establishment there.

Wierup estimates that there are 300 to 400 full members of motorcycle clubs and as many supporters who live by what Wierup calls the "one-percenter culture".

What sets the so-called "one-percenters" apart is their desire to isolate themselves from society and live by their own rules and laws, wherein which 99 percent of motorcyclists are law-abiding citizens.

"Expansion builds up the one-percenter culture," said Wierup.

Hells Angels is the largest motorcycle club in Sweden boasting 12 divisions. The Swedish Hells Angles have also recently overtaken the number of Danish divisions.

"They are the most organized, have the best discipline and the lowest member turnover. They also dedicate themselves to the most sophisticated crimes that bring in the most money, hire illegal workers in the construction industry and engage in drug trafficking, money laundering and extortion," Wierup said.

Bandidos has eight or nine divisions, engages in the most violent crime and does not bring in a lot of money. Newcomer the Outlaws, with a handful of divisions, consists mainly of "ordinary family men" and do not yet pose any criminal problems, according to Wierup.

Police reaction suggests that it has been easiest to intervene against violent criminals within Bandidos. Hells Angels is more vigilant and the most difficult to combat.

"The police have begun to cooperate with other authorities such as the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) and the Swedish Enforcement Administration (Kronofogden) and that has made life tougher for gang members. It also protects the extortion victims more now than before. However they should perhaps work more pro-actively [in prevention]," said Wierup.

In Europe, biker gang expansion is taking place mainly in eastern Europe and Turkey.

According to European police organisation Europol, there are now more criminal motorcycle gangs in Europe, with 425 subdivisions, than in the United States, which have about 300.

In the last five years, 120 new subdivisions have launched in Europe.

In addition, European motorcycle gangs have also become larger than those in than North America, where biker gang culture originated.

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With his long-awaited biography, 'Life,' just days away from publication, Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards has been dropping some tantalising hints of what to expect -- and the book contains more than just Richards' love of the open G tuning.

Speaking to AnOtherMan magazine, the guitarist affectionately known as "Keef" has revealed that he frequently carried firearms when copping heroin at the height of his addiction in the 1970s. He said, "The first [gun] I bought was a Luger I picked up in the East Village in New York City. After that I went into rifles for a bit just because they go further."

He continued, "I've carried a piece or two now and again -- most of that was to do with the heroin business and being involved in, like, scoring. Especially in America, it bodes you well to be armed.

"A .38 Smith and Wesson Airweight revolver -- that is the f---ing gun. No safety [catch] on it."

Richards also makes mention of three-day drug-fuelled road trip around Britain with the Beatles' John Lennon -- but the details are understandably sketchy.

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Outlaw Motorcycle Gang member will appear in court today charged with conspiracy to murder following investigations into the shooting of Peter Zervas last March.

On 29 March 2009, Hells Angels member Peter Zervas was shot a number of times as he got out of his car in the driveway of his home at Lakemba.

Strike Force Mezen, comprising officers from the State Crime Command’s Gang Squad, was formed to investigate the shooting and, about 2pm yesterday, detectives attended a unit in Aurora Place at Redfern.

A 28-year-old man, who police will allege is a member of the Comanchero Outlaw Motorcycle Gang, was arrested at the premises and taken to Redfern Police Station.

He was charged with conspiracy to murder and participate in criminal group and refused bail to appear in Parramatta Bail Court today.

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