Victoria Police have raided Comanchero bikie properties across Melbourne
THE home of Comancheros boss Mick Murray was searched in a major sweep on the gang by investigators.
Search warrants were issued on Comancheros strongholds, including a clubhouse and homes and businesses linked to members, during Friday’s operation.
Armed officers from Echo Taskforce arrested three men and a woman from across Melbourne. Detectives arrived at Mr Murray’s property in Lysterfield South about 8am.
Critical Incident Response team officers manned the outside of the gated home while about six plainclothes detectives removed items from the home.
A patron sticks to his workout schedule despite the police raid. Picture: Nicole Garmston
Electrical equipment, including a laptop computer and parts of a desktop computer were carried from the property in sealed bags.
A piece of clothing showing club colours was also removed from a black Mercedes SUV in the driveway of the property.
The open garage door revealed a colourful taxidermy collection, including a lion and lioness and several mounted animal heads.
Assistant Commissioner Steve Fontana gives a blow-by-blow look at a massive police raid against the Comacheros bikie gang by 570 officers
The raid took about two hours and there were no arrests made.
Mr Murray’s Nitro Gym in Hallam, which was the target of a drive-by shooting in an ongoing war with rival gang Hells Angels in September, was also searched and a computer seized.
A gang clubhouse in the same suburb was also the subject of police searches, along with properties in Melbourne, Hampton Park, Narre Warren, Boronia, Hall.
Police search a property in Lysterfield South. Picture: Lawrence Pinder
The raids come just a month after police discovered an arsenal of explosive power gel, detonators and cord during raids on 63 Comanchero-linked properties across metropolitan Melbourne.
The police operation, codenamed Crosswings, was the largest simultaneous execution of warrants in Victoria’s history.
That raid came a week after police targeted the Hells Angels Darkside chapter, in which a military style weapon was found.
Stuffed animals visible in the garage of the premises at Lysterfield South. Picture: Lawrence Pinder
At the time, police released behind-the-scenes footage of those raids (see above).
Last year, police conducted widespread raids on Hells Angel clubhouses as part of an ongoing investigation into criminal bikie gang activity.
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