OFF THE WIRE
Strike Force Raptor officers have arrested and charged an Outlaw Motorcycle Gxxg associate over alleged drug manufacture and supply.
About 7pm yesterday (Thursday 22 September), officers from Strike Force Raptor and Castle Hill Local Area Command executed a search warrant at a location on Gooraway Drive at Castle Hill.
During the warrant police located a partially dismantled clandestine drug laboratory in the basement of the premises, which included glassware, chemicals and drug manufacturing equipment.
A 24-year-old man was arrested at the scene and taken to Castle Hill Police Station. Police allege the man is an associate of the Hells Angels Outlaw Motorcycle Gxxg.
He was charged with manufacture prohibited drug, possess prohibited drug (cannabis), and possess equipment for administering a prohibited drug.
He was refused bail to appear at Parramatta Local Court today.
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 gxxgs and their alleged associated criminal enterprises.
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