A man has been charged, after a police operation targeting outlaw motorcycle gang members in the state’s north-east.
Oxley Police detectives, with assistance from the Criminal Groups Squad’s Strike Force Raptor, served three Firearm Prohibition Orders at homes in Tamworth, Oxley Vale and Gunnedah on Tuesday.
During the operation, police took ammunition, prohibited drugs, home-made weapons and cash.
A 38-year-old man was arrested at a unit at Robert Street, South Tamworth.
He was taken to Tamworth Police Station and charged with five counts of possessing a prohibited drug, and dealing with property proceeds of crime.
He was granted strict conditional bail to appear before Tamworth Local Court March 1.
• Possess Prohibited Weapon;
• Attempt to Possess a Handgun.
He will face Melbourne Magistrates’ Court again in July, 2021.
The IFU will expand on the work of previous firearms teams within Crime Command to provide specialist investigative response and intelligence gathering, as well as assisting with the targeted service and enforcement of Firearm Prohibition Orders across the state.
They officially commenced in September 2020 and are comprised of a number of specialist detectives, led by Detective Inspector Mick Daly, as well as several intelligence analysts.
The IFU will also work in close collaboration with other law enforcement agencies and other key stakeholders in the area of firearms licensing, regulation and legislation.
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The former bikie and Kings Cross bikie once survived being stabbed 42 times while in jail in 2010, which saw him end up in a coma for five months.
Safi was stabbed 42 times while in jail in 2010 and spent five months in a coma
Police said the only reason Safi survived was due to his size, otherwise he would have died.
In October last year, Safi was arrested at a South Wentworthville street following a Firearm Prohibition Orders bust.
Officers seized weapons, bikie paraphernalia, prohibited drugs and cash at the home and arrested a total of eight people.
Safi was charged with eight firearm offences including possessing or using a prohibited weapon without a permit.