OFF THE WIRE
Police raid the Comanchero outlaw motorcycle club's headquarters in South Melbourne. Picture: Stuart Milligan Herald Sun
Police executed a warrant on the Thistlethwaite St clubhouse this morning in what is an "ongoing investigation" .
Critical Incident Response Teams were involved in searching the premises, which follows another raid last month of a Hells Angels Nomads chapter in Thomastown in which police used explosives to enter the clubhouse.
Several members were arrested in a series of raids.
Outlaw motorcycle gangs are being investigated by a new taskforce codenamed Echo, formed this year.
Mill Park Crime Investigation Unit Detectives with the assistance of Echo Taskforce also executed a number of warrants on properties in northern and northwestern Melbourne this morning.
Early this morning, Mill Park detectives assisted by the Special Operations Group executed a warrant at a residential property in Stirling Parade, East Keilor.
A 32-year-old man from that address was arrested while a business premises in Wedge Street, Mill Park was also raided.
The 32-year-old East Keilor man is currently assisting police with their enquiries.
- with Jessica Craven
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