AUSTRALIA - Alleged OMCG member to face drug, firearms charges - Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad

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 police.nsw.gov.au
An alleged high-ranking member of the Hells Angels Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (OMCG) will face court today on drug and firearms charges.
About 11.30pm on Friday 13 January 2012, officers attached to the Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad (MEOCS) Highway Patrol stopped a vehicle on the Hume Highway, Campbelltown.
Inside the vehicle, police located a loaded .45-calibre firearm and a large sum of cash.
The four male occupants of the car denied ownership of the weapon and were allowed to leave pending further inquiries.
Following forensic examination of the gun, MEOCS detectives attended a residence in Harris Street, Merrylands, about 2.40pm yesterday (Tuesday 20 March 2012).
A 26-year-old man – one of the men involved in the original vehicle stop – was arrested at the address and taken to Merrylands Police Station.
During a subsequent search of the man’s house, police seized 470 grams of cannabis. Detectives also allegedly located an amount of cannabis in the man’s car.
The man was charged with possess unauthorised pistol; possess unregistered firearm; not keep firearm safely; possess ammunition without licence/permit; knowingly deal with proceeds of crime; possess prohibited drug; and supply prohibited drug.
He was refused bail to appear at Fairfield Local Court today.
Police will allege the man is a high-ranking member of the Hells Angels OMCG.