Outlaws pushing for turf
A TOP cop vows not to let up on gangs despite membership at record lows, with feared groups the Comancheros and Hells Angels pushing to establish Gold Coast turf.
The Hells Angels are “problematic” and a “challenge”, according to Queensland’s top bikie police officer Mick Niland. The international heavyweights of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (OMCG) world have long battled for a slice of the Gold Coast’s lucrative drug scene.
Their activities took a hit this year when the state Crime and Corruption Commission busted open an alleged Main Beach cocaine and ice trafficking racket linked to the gang.
The Comancheros, which have chapters in Australia but not Queensland, were still pushing to gain a foothold on the Coast.
Detective Superintendent Niland, who last week re-
vealed police data showing confirmed patched bikies plunging from 1158 to 696 in the past three-and-a-half years, said numbers were “low” on the Coast.
“But there will always be crime gang activity. The whole basis of OMCG is profit and greed.”