Sydney bikie blitz: Three men charged after Raptor Squad's 'day of action'
Raptor Squad officers executed 14 firearm prohibition order checks and issued 13 consorting warnings for associating with convicted offenders on Tuesday.
Police allegedly seized 35g of cocaine, 16g of methylamphetamine, 12 MDMA tablets, and a small quantity of cannabis during the early-morning raids in Sydney 's west.
About 5.50am, a 50-year-old man was arrested at a home in Georges Hall for allegedly breaching his consorting warning more than 10 times in seven months.
The man was taken to Bankstown Police Station, where he was charged with habitually consorting with convicted offenders after receiving a warning.
He received conditional bail to appear in Bankstown Local Court on August 14.
At 5.45am, a car being driven by a 32-year-old man was stopped for a firearms prohibition order compliance check in Auburn.
Police allege officers found a knife and a baseball bat inside the vehicle.
The driver was charged with custody of a knife in a public place, and having custody of an offensive implement in a public place.
He received conditional bail to attend Burwood Local Court on August 7.
At 7.10am, officers executed a similar compliance check in North Parramatta.
They allegedly found a quantity of prohibited drugs, scales, and packaging consistent with the supply of drugs at the address.
A 52-year-old man was arrested and taken to Parramatta Police Station where he was charged with three counts of supply prohibited drug, indictable and commercial quantity, and possessing prohibited drugs.
He was refused bail and will appear in Parramatta Local Court on Wednesday.
It comes after five alleged high-ranking Finks members were charged over what police alleged was an attempted break-in at a home in Newcastle.
Three Sydney men, aged between 25 and 29, were arrested in Liverpool.
A 38-year-old Sydney man was later arrested at John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle after he was allegedly shot during the alleged attack.
The men were hit with various charges including aggravated break and enter with intent and participating in a criminal group before they were refused bail.
A 47-year-old was later charged with cultivating an outlawed plant and using an illegal weapon but was granted conditional bail at the time.
The motorcycle gang was rocked by the death of their 34-year-old sergeant-at-arms in February last year.
Jamie Goodworth was dumped outside Liverpool Hospital at 1am with two gunshot wounds before he died in surgery.
Goodworth had been involved in an alleged break-in at a Edensor Park home owned by a man with suspected links to the Assyrian Kings gang to steal up to $250,000.
The sergeant-in-arms had tried to break down the door but a man inside opened fire, hitting him twice through the door.
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