 Today, Detectives from Metropolitan North Region closed an 11 month operation called Keelay Subdue targeting illegal activities of members and associates of the Bandido Outlaw Motorcycle Gang. A number of search warrants were executed this morning and addresses within South East Queensland resulting in 32 people including members and associates of the Bandido's Outlaw Motorcycle Gang being arrested on 173 charges. This seized methylene-phetamine, MDMA, cannabis, firearms and a number of mobile phone tasers during the operation. Five people have been charged with trafficking dangerous drug and production of dangerous drug and also grievous bodily harm offences. The people arrested included the National Sergeant of Arms for the Bandido's. One person is to appear in the Beanley Magistrates Court today with further arrested persons appearing in the Brisbane Magistrates Court tomorrow. There's also continued investigations in relation to those raids that were conducted today. What was this operation all about? It was targeting the Outlaw Motorcycle Gang, the Bandido's, the Brisbane Chapter of the Bandido's and a lot of the investigation revolved around the distribution of drugs. Has that chapter re-established a clubhouse in the Southside of Brisbane yet? No, not to my knowledge. No, there was no clubhouses searched during the operation today. They're just homes? They were the addresses of the Outlaw Motorcycle Gang members and their associates. Did they include Brisbane and Gullcoast? They included Brisbane, the Gullcoast and Ipswich. How were the raids that put up a fight? No, the raids all went on without any incident. Were the chapters involved, including the Centro of Chapter? No, the raids today only included the Brisbane Chapter. Of those 32 people who were charged, five of them were charged with the drunk side of things? Five were charged with trafficking offences. Actually, that may increase this afternoon. But there was ten trafficking charges all up with five people arrested for trafficking offences. What were the other charges then for the other people? The other charges were serious assaults such as grooves bodily harm, production of dangerous drug, a number of supplies, possession of firearm offences, possession of the tasers, which I mentioned earlier. There was also a number of addresses that had amounts of money that was located and also there was drugs also seized. Are there any particular assaults that might stand out to us that the charges were over? No, there are no real assaults that were reported on through the media. Can you clarify what charges specifically the Sergeant of Alms might be facing? That is an operational question and we're not really going to answer those questions in relation to it. Yes, he has been charged. The five who were charged with trafficking and their productions in name, were they all members? Two of them were members. The other three and the other four actually, there will be another charge tonight, but the others were all associates. Did you select that those two were included in those that were at the top of the distribution chain of this drug distribution network? We don't know where they fall within the distribution network, but they're definitely members of the Brisbane chapter of their banditos. Who were they trafficked for too? The entertainment precincts in the Brisbane areas and also the south side of Brisbane. Would that include the Fortitude Valley and West End? I've got no specifics on that. I haven't got any detail about that, so I can't really comment. I can't comment on that. Our operation has been going for 11 months, so a lot of the information has been gathered over those 11 months from January. Should the gun attack on the first world clubhouse of this chapter that was part of the investigation? No. There's an address to Rocklea, the house that Rocklea was sprayed over this morning. I believe that CERT was involved in that, right? Do you know why they were meaning to do that? Archfield, yeah. CERT was used during that operation, and that related to some of the persons associated with that address had firearm related offences. Is this the first mobile phone taser that the Queensland Police have seized? I'm not sure whether it's the first, but during the operation we seized three mobile phone tasers. How significant is this operation by police in terms of targeting the illegal activities of bikers? It's significant in that it's identified six of the members of the Brisbane chapter of the Vanditos, and those members were all charged today with varying charges. How pleased are you, though, to be sort of getting on top of this kind of activity? Well, I think anything that can disrupt the organised crime is always pleasing. Any strategies that can be put in place to disrupt the distribution of drugs is always good. That's still being put together, and anything I say about the quantity of drugs I give may change. So I'd rather not comment on that. MDMA, methylamphetamine and cannabis. What prompted the operation? Well, that's an operation. That's operationally significant, so we'd rather not comment on that. Can we expect more arrests in coming days? Maybe not in coming days, but the investigation will continue, and there may be arrests in the coming weeks. What kind of weapons were seized? There was two long arms, replica firearms, as well as a shotgun. Yes, that's right. They're associates, close associates.