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Richmond Local Area Command police continue to make arrests in the wake of last week’s raids on Lone Wolf outlaw motorcycle gang premises in Lismore and Sydney.

Two more men have been charged by detectives carrying out ongoing inquiries into the alleged involvement of the Lone Wolf outlaw motorcycle gang (OMCG) in illicit drug supply.

Officers from the Richmond Local Area Command arrested a 30-year-old Kurrajong man at Windsor Police Station about 5pm yesterday.

He was questioned and refused bail to appear in Blacktown Local Court today charged with:
4 counts of supply commercial quantity of a prohibited drug
9 counts of posses prohibited drug
4 counts of supply prohibited drug
Deal with property suspected of being the proceeds of crime
Participate in a criminal group

The most recent arrest was made by Gangs Squad detectives at Liverpool Police Station about 9.30am today.

The 32-year-old Mt Druitt man was refused bail to appear in Liverpool Local Court today charged with one count each of participate in a criminal group and supply a commercial quantity of a prohibited drug.

The charges were laid as a result of ongoing inquiries by Strike Force Tungarra detectives, who raided premises in Sydney and Lismore last Thursday (19 July).

Last week’s warrants were executed following a 14-month investigation by Strike Force Tungarra into the alleged involvement of Lone Wolf OMCG members and associates in the ongoing supply and distribution of amphetamine (speed) and MDMA (ecstasy) in the Northern Rivers area.

The investigation was launched by Richmond Local Area Command’s Drug Unit, assisted by the State Crime Command Gangs Squad.

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