Detectives have charged two bikie members and an associate with extortion following a number of raids across the Gold Coast and Brisbane.
Police will allege the three men threatened a victim with significant violence if a sum of money wasn’t paid.
Taskforce Maxima staged simultaneous raids on Tuesday throughout the suburbs of Palm Beach, Paradise Point and Hamilton and arrested two Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (OMCG) members and an associate.
As a result, a 36-year-old Palm Beach man and OMCG associate, a 34-year-old Paradise Point man and member of the Mongols OMCG and a 38-year-old Hamilton man and member of the Nomads OMCG were each charged with one count of extortion.
Detective Acting Inspector Anthony Bristow from the Organised Crime Gangs Group said this behaviour clearly demonstrates the true nature of these gangs.
“They have used their gang association to standover and intimidate, threatening the victim with violence for money,” Detective Acting Inspector Bristow says.
“But also to discourage them from complaining to authority.”
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