{"id":522493,"date":"2026-03-06T12:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T12:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/522493\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T12:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T12:47:11","slug":"police-launch-co-ordinated-raids-on-outlaw-motorcycle-gangs-across-australia-and-nz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/522493\/","title":{"rendered":"Police launch co-ordinated raids on outlaw motorcycle gangs across Australia and NZ"},"content":{"rendered":"

A day of co-ordinated raids on criminal operation across Australia and New Zealand saw police seize drugs, cash and weapons.<\/p>\n

Taskforce Morpheus carried out the raids on outlawed motorcycle gangs across every state at the same time yesterday.<\/p>\n

The taskforce was made up of local and federal police, Australian Border Force and the Criminal Intelligence Commission, taking down alleged members of outlaw motorcycle gangs.<\/p>\n

\"ComancheroPolice launch co-ordinated raids on outlaw motorcycle gangs across Australia and NZ (9News)<\/p>\n

This time they swarmed on the Comancheros.<\/p>\n

Search warrants were executed at 51 undisclosed locations across the nation, with officers uncovering a suite of machetes, knuckle dusters, bullets and illicit substances.<\/p>\n

“We do know it’s taken drugs off the street and firearms off the streets and sending them a clear message,” WA Police Detective Acting Inspector Sean Wright said.<\/p>\n

Police made 56 arrests and laid 168 charges in total.<\/p>\n

\"ComancheroTaskforce Morpheus carried out the raids on outlawed motorcycle gangs across every state, at the same time. (9News)<\/p>\n

“Anything associated with outlaw gangs was targeted – their homes, their club houses, the motor vehicles they drive,” Wright added.<\/p>\n

The work of Taskforce Morpheus is 24\/7, gathering intelligence on organised crime groups like the Comancheros to disrupt and dismantle their networks.<\/p>\n

“Tomorrow it could be you, next week it could be you, everyday we’ll be targeting one of you,” Wright said.<\/p>\n

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