HELLS Angels, the world’s most notorious and oldest bikie gaxxx, is expanding their stronghold on the Gold Coast.
The move could have major ramifications in fuelling tensions with other Queensland-based gaxxx who have long fought to stop Hells Angels from encroaching on their turf.
The Gold Coast’s large transient population makes it an attractive destination to bikie gaxxx wanting to exploit lucrative criminal markets such as drugs and prostitution.
It is unknown whether the new Gold Coast chapter of the Hells Angels has approached the other six resident gaxxx in attempt to keep the peace.
“One of the reasons the clubs don’t like Hells Angels is because when they move into new areas, rather than starting fresh with recruitment, they try and patch over other clubs or poach members from resident gaxxx."
"They are also more prone to resort to violence than other gaxxx, particularly when they’re moving in on new territory to monopolize criminal enterprise," a police source told Seven News.
“The club at Logan is considered vulnerable as its numbers are low and at one point, it risked losing its patch from the Hells Angels international charter when they failed to retaliate in Queensland against the Finks over the Ballroom Blitz at Royal Pines in 2006," the officer said.
Hells Angels are currently fortifying premises and
installing security cameras in an industrial area at Burleigh on the Gold Coast
- the location is partially in Black Uhlans Territory and on the doorstep of
long -time rivals, the Bandidos.
Other gaxxx have successfully thwarted the efforts of the Hells Angels expanding beyond their Logan clubhouse which opened in 1997.
Bikie and police sources have told Seven News Hells Angels have attempted three times to open clubhouses in inner Brisbane north and south but failed. The latest venture was in Albion, the territorial heartland of the Rebels, in April.
Bikie sources said Hells Angels have been recruiting new members including a Gold Coast based businessman involved in the entertainment industry. The new Gold Coast chapter will also take some members from the gaxxx’s Logan chapter, Seven News has been told.
Bikie and police sources said there had been approaches made from Hells Angels to poach several Bandidos to bolster numbers.
Currently the highest population of outlaw motorcycle gaxxx in Queensland is between Logan and the Gold Coast
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Other gaxxx have successfully thwarted the efforts of the Hells Angels expanding beyond their Logan clubhouse which opened in 1997.
Bikie and police sources have told Seven News Hells Angels have attempted three times to open clubhouses in inner Brisbane north and south but failed. The latest venture was in Albion, the territorial heartland of the Rebels, in April.
Bikie sources said Hells Angels have been recruiting new members including a Gold Coast based businessman involved in the entertainment industry. The new Gold Coast chapter will also take some members from the gaxxx’s Logan chapter, Seven News has been told.
Bikie and police sources said there had been approaches made from Hells Angels to poach several Bandidos to bolster numbers.
Currently the highest population of outlaw motorcycle gaxxx in Queensland is between Logan and the Gold Coast
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