EX-BIKIE MURDER TWIST
DETECTIVES investigating the “orchestrated murder” of ex-bikie Shane Ross and his business partner have not ruled out whether his former motorcycle gang sanctioned the hit.
Police yesterday raided 22 properties linked to the Lone Wolf motorcycle gang – from
Sydney to Coomera – in connection to the murders of Mr Ross, an ex-Comanchero, and Cameron Martin in a Gold Coast park.
Detectives also yesterday revealed the motorcycle club was linked to a violent kidnapping in Ipswich.
DETECTIVES investigating the “orchestrated murder” of ex-bikie Shane Ross and his business partner have not ruled out whether his former motorcycle gang sanctioned the hit.
Police yesterday raided 22 properties linked to the Lone Wolf motorcycle gang – from Sydney to Coomera – in connection to the murders of Mr Ross, an ex-Comanchero, and Cameron Martin in a Gold Coast park.
Investigators have revealed they have identified up to five persons of interest from varying positions within the motorcycle gang and were “very close to solving this matter”.
In a bizarre twist, detectives also yesterday revealed the motorcycle club was linked to the violent kidnapping of Belgian woman Caroll Dufailly and Eduardus Groenewegen in Ipswich last year.
The revelations come as police released vision of a white BMW X5 SUV with stolen plates that was parked at Martin Shiels Park on the night of the murders.
Detective Superintendent Brendan Smith, who described the deaths as an “orchestrated murder”, would not say how investigators made the connection between the vehicle and the motorcycle gang.
But he said there was “evidence to suggest that key members of that gang were in that vehicle, on that night”.
He said investigators were not ruling out the killings were sanctioned by Mr Ross’ former motorcycle gang.
“It is possible. These gangs work in mysterious ways. They have partnerships by design, driven by greed and profit,” he said.
“So if it suits their purposes who knows who they’d throw under a bus. There’s no loyalty among thieves.”
Det Supt Smith said Mr Ross had disassociated from the motorcycle club but still had ties to it.
Mr Ross was murdered execution-style in the park, while Mr Martin was shot trying to flee on October 18 last year. He crashed a white Mercedes Benz into a tree off
Tallebudgera Creek Rd, 1km from where his friend was shot.
Pressed on whether the hit was over a drug debt, Det Supt Smith said he wasn’t going to discuss theories as he didn’t want to steer the investigation in the wrong direction.
The Lone Wolf motorcycle gang has also been linked to the kidnapping of promotion company owners Ms Dufailly and Mr Groenewegen from Ipswich last year.
The pair were dragged from their Raceview business by masked men and taken to bushland at Ripley where Mr Groenewegen was savagely beaten.
Ms Dufailly was able to escape while Mr Groenewegen was later taken to hospital with serious injuries.
State crime command Detective Superintendent Roger Lowe said the motive was still under investigation but it was likely driven by involvement in the illicit drug market.
“The victims aren’t linked ... the information suggests that members of the Lone Wolf Motorcycle Club are involved in both crimes,” he said.
Det Supt Lowe said the Lone Wolf Motorcycle Club was established in New South
SO IF IT SUITS THEIR PURPOSES WHO KNOWS WHO THEY’D THROW UNDER A BUS. THERE’S NO LOYALTY AMONG THIEVES.
DETECTIVE SUPT BRENDAN SMITH
Wales in 1971. The only Queensland chapter is based on the Gold Coast.
Sources said the gang had a club house located in the Chinderah area, which police confirmed was not raided yesterday.
Not a lot is known about the Lone Wolf members and their operations in the Gold Coast region as the gang is small and tries to keep a lowkey presence, according to sources.
Lone Wolf bikies rarely talk to anyone else about their operations.