Police concerned wedding of Rebels club member could be disrupted by rival gangs

POLICE are concerned the wedding of a high-ranking Rebels club member in Brisbane today could be disrupted by rival clubs in an escalating southeast Queensland bikies war. The reception, at the RNA Showgrounds, has emerged on the radar after a series of cross-club skirmishes, including a botched drive-by attack on the Gypsy Jokers clubhouse at Everton Hills on Thursday night. In a misguided effort to target the clubhouse, gunmen driving a silver...

Bikie caught in car with loaded pistol

Police say they have charged a bikie who was allegedly caught carrying a loaded gun during a traffic stop in central Wollongong overnight. The alleged Comancheros gang member was in a car that was stopped for a random breath test by a lone officer on Church Street at about 3:00am (AEST). Acting Inspector Dan Richardson says the bikie aroused the officer's suspicion. "The police officer has noticed a 25-year-old male passenger become agitated,"...

Shooting a 'warning' from rival bikie gang

SIMMERING tension between rival bikie gangs exploded on the Gold Coast yesterday with the drive-by shooting of a tattoo parlour in the heart of Bandidos territory. Police fear the attack could be a push for territory by the Hells Angels as the outlaw gang seeks a toehold on the lucrative Glitter Strip. Less than 24 hours after police commissioner Bob Atkinson told the Bulletin that bikie gangs were "one of the greatest challenges to face law enforcement",...

Jury hears grisly details about murder scene

Police discovered a grisly scene on Sept. 10, 2000, when they entered a Cogmagun Road home in Hants County. “It was a very brutal scene,” Cpl. Shawn Sweeney, who was a constable with the Windsor rural RCMP detachment that day, testified Tuesday in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Kentville. It was the second day of trial for Leslie Douglas Greenwood, 42, who is charged with two counts of first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of Barry Kirk...