Police launch co-ordinated raids on outlaw motorcycle gangs across Australia and NZ

Friday, 6 March 2026 22:24

Taskforce Morpheus carried out the raids on outlawed motorcycle gangs across every state at the same time.

A day of co-ordinated raids on criminal operation across Australia and New Zealand saw police seize drugs, cash and weapons.

Taskforce Morpheus carried out the raids on outlawed motorcycle gangs across every state at the same time yesterday.

The taskforce was made up of local and federal police, Australian Border Force and the Criminal Intelligence Commission, taking down alleged members of outlaw motorcycle gangs.

This time they swarmed on the Comancheros.

Search warrants were executed at 51 undisclosed locations across the nation, with officers uncovering a suite of machetes, knuckle dusters, bullets and illicit substances.

"We do know it's taken drugs off the street and firearms off the streets and sending them a clear message," WA Police Detective Acting Inspector Sean Wright said.

Police made 56 arrests and laid 168 charges in total.

"Anything associated with outlaw gangs was targeted - their homes, their club houses, the motor vehicles they drive," Wright added.

The work of Taskforce Morpheus is 24/7, gathering intelligence on organised crime groups like the Comancheros to disrupt and dismantle their networks.

"Tomorrow it could be you, next week it could be you, everyday we'll be targeting one of you," Wright said.

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