 We're off to start Okay, folks. This this weekend. We had a task force maxima had a weekend of action targeting criminal motorcycle gang participants throughout Queensland 23 search warrants were conducted and I've 53 offenders have been charged on a hundred hundred offenses you'll see there is a an amount of stolen property cash and Approximately or there was a hundred and thirty nine thousand dollars in cash seized at one premise I'll now hand over to Detective Inspector Smith from our tactical operations to oversaw the raids As indicated by the superintendent we conducted a series of operations throughout Queensland in conjunction with the regions We saw searches conducted in Mount Isa Townsville to Womba Morton and Brisbane the Gold Coast so we effectively targeted gangs all around the state as as indicated we've seized Weapons drugs cash. I mean it's hundred thirty nine thousand dollars as a significant find it should impact greatly upon their operations Not only did we do search warrants. We also looked at other Operations as well. We did traffic operations. We issued 60 odd traffic infringement notices We got a drink driver in colors. We got a CMG participant for drug driving So we're not just focusing on Criminal behavior in itself. We're looking at all their behavior all facets of their their criminal behavior from traffic right through to drug trafficking and things like that, so it's It really shows how as a service were pulled together to to target these people to effectively eliminate them from the community Are you confident that they'll like these patch members? Of the uh of the 55 persons arrested approximately 15 or 16 were CMG members the rest were Associates and I think it's important to note that there's consequences for people who want to Associate with CMG members It can't be socially acceptable to be a friend of a biking You have to learn that it's not on in Queensland I mean what what clubs are targeted? What clubs were a part of this? Look, uh, all criminal motorcycle gangs were targeted. However, uh, there were offenders from Banditos offenders from Hell's Angels offenders from the rebels motorcycle gangs And in their colors is simply a policy The uh in relation to them handing in their colors, uh, cannot say this that Whilst many of them have handed in their colors. We are still seeing serious crime being committed by gang members And uh, as the evidence comes to light We will arrest and prosecute those persons Does handing in your colors mean that you're exempt From prosecution under the CMG sort of bike blitz? No, it doesn't mean you're exempt if you if you are committing criminal offences You will be arrested and charged The legislation targets criminal organisations Bikes is just one limb of that So if you're a group of people committing criminal acts you will be targeted under this legislation Bikes is only one part Were there any drug syndicates that you think you've tapped into here and then some pseudo-athletes was taken? I think it's too early to say but we've got ongoing inquiries and relations and other addresses that we went to over the weekend Where have you found the snakes or what sort of snakes were they? To the pythons in our tattoo shop here in Brisbane They were being taken by their Department of Natural Resources to be a machine released back into the law. Hopefully not at my place Is the bike his pet of choice? It was uh I suppose you could say it was a chance discovery We were doing an audit of a tattoo parlor and we found the snakes, you know an aquarium in the front for your Any office holders, office bearers that were arrested during these blitz? We can say there were 15 participants Of criminal motorcycle gangs To continue up to keep up this effort running a couple of weeks out from Christmas How hard is it logistically to get all across Queensland and home in on these ones? Well, can I say this? I I think we will we will see even a greater push over the festive season through Christmas inter new year in relation to these investigations you know, it's our intent to Pursue the criminal motorcycle gang participants As long as we have to leave big Leave hasn't been cancelled however, I can say that there is a Uh A large amount of staff working over the Christmas festive periods Have all been reminded in custody Criminal motorcycle participants I refuse bail by police The other persons that were noticed to appear and so forth Can you give us a breakdown of those regions and how many in each? Do you have that? We'll be able to do that for you later years Has been going on for some time can you say whether There are people who have been charged from all the months You know, you might have charged them 10 weeks ago and now again It is a common occurrence to still be finding people doing the wrong thing I want to have to research those figures I can certainly say that there's people that we've charged in recent weeks that have been charged on numerous occasions And are on bail for other offenses And I think that is a clear indication of the criminality of these groups that they don't stop offending just because we arrest them Can you say some more about the the COF during whereabouts it was seized and was it a CMG or a participant involved in that? It was a CMG participant, it'd be inappropriate to say where we got it at this stage due to ongoing investigations And so another three arrested of that broad bench brawl, how many does that bring the total to? Yeah, I'm unsure of the exact numbers, but every day we're getting new pieces of evidence and that That leads to further offenders These recent arrests became available because we discovered New footage which identified more persons involved Bikings, biking footage? No, footage from police officers involved in that in that incident What's the reaction like when when you come knocking on the door of these people? Are they getting frustrated? Do you feel a sense of frustration from them? I hope so, I hope they are frustrated and until they learn to change their ways we'll keep coming back Like we want to make it the most uncomfortable place for them to do organized crime in Australia We do believe that we have been successful and there's a long way to go They'll go to court in the next few days, we've got to get the names from there Christmas time, are you expecting bikies to get together? The festive events? I don't know if it's expected, but it's certainly something we'll be investigating I mean, it's not just Maxima, it's the whole of the police service looking at the CMG We did about 50 walkthroughs of licensed premises on the weekend too Looking for offences under the legislation, the gathering or carrying prohibited items into licensed premises We're looking at all facets of legislation and we're looking at all opportunities to target these people And the possibility that there might be a few bikies having Christmas lunch with their family and the police might come knocking? Well if they're at home and it won't be an offence, but On each and every occasion We will take action if we have the evidence That's it folks. Thanks. Now there's some footage there. There's some jewelry inside