AUSTRALIA - Police seize firearm and suspend firearms licence – Strike Force Raptor

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Strike Force Raptor officers have seized a firearm and suspended the licence of an Outlaw Motorcycle Gang associate following an inspection at Brookvale last night.

About 9pm yesterday (Wednesday 25 May, 2011), Strike Force Raptor officers conducted a safe storage inspection at a home on Pine Avenue at Brookvale.

During the warrant police located a .22 calibre rifle allegedly not secured safely, and seized a amount of ammunition.

A 48-year-old man, and alleged associated of the Finks Outlaw Motorcycle Gang, was spoken to by police.

His firearms licence suspended. He was also issued with a Field Court Attendance Notice to appear at Manly Local Court on 9 June, 2011 for not keep firearm safely.

Strike Force Raptor was established by the State Crime Command’s Gangs Squad in 2009 and is a proactive, high-impact operation targeting outlaw motorcycle gangs and their alleged associated criminal enterprises

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