Arrested a member of an Outlaw Motor Cycle Gang (OMCG) over alleged interstate kidnapping and firearm related offences. Operation Develop w...
Arrested a member of an Outlaw Motor Cycle Gang (OMCG) over alleged interstate kidnapping and firearm related offences. Operation Develop was established to investigate the alleged offences, and comprises detectives from the Australian Crime Commission, and the South Australia Police Crime Gangs Task Force. A 39-year-old man, an alleged member of the Finks Outlaw Motor Cycle Gang, was today arrested by detectives at a private property on Single Ridge Road at The Slopes, near Kurrajong.
The latest developments relate to numerous offences committed in South Australia between 2000 and 2009. The first incident involves an alleged abduction, assault and armed robbery in May 2000. The second incident involved an alleged aggravated assault in December 2008, while the third involved an alleged extortion, aggravated assault and robbery in May this year. Subsequent search warrants were executed at the property, where detectives locate and seized two pill presses with stamps, cross bows, a quantity of cannabis and personal documents. Inquiries are continuing into the items seized. The 39-year-old was taken to Windsor Police Station where he was subsequently charged with an outstanding South Australian warrant.
He appeared at Penrith Local Court today was granted conditional bail to reappear at Penrith Local Court on 9 June, where South Australia detectives will make an application for his extradition. Gangs Squad Commander, Detective Superintendent Mal Lanyon said, �Today�s operation demonstrates the successful co-operation that exists between agencies across Australia in targeting all levels of OMCG related crime.
�The NSW Police Force, in conjunction with national law enforcement agencies, will continue to target OMCG members and their criminal enterprises,� Det/Supt Lanyon said.
The latest developments relate to numerous offences committed in South Australia between 2000 and 2009. The first incident involves an alleged abduction, assault and armed robbery in May 2000. The second incident involved an alleged aggravated assault in December 2008, while the third involved an alleged extortion, aggravated assault and robbery in May this year. Subsequent search warrants were executed at the property, where detectives locate and seized two pill presses with stamps, cross bows, a quantity of cannabis and personal documents. Inquiries are continuing into the items seized. The 39-year-old was taken to Windsor Police Station where he was subsequently charged with an outstanding South Australian warrant.
He appeared at Penrith Local Court today was granted conditional bail to reappear at Penrith Local Court on 9 June, where South Australia detectives will make an application for his extradition. Gangs Squad Commander, Detective Superintendent Mal Lanyon said, �Today�s operation demonstrates the successful co-operation that exists between agencies across Australia in targeting all levels of OMCG related crime.
�The NSW Police Force, in conjunction with national law enforcement agencies, will continue to target OMCG members and their criminal enterprises,� Det/Supt Lanyon said.
