Bikie dropped off at hospital after being shot, burnt A senior bikie has been dumped bleeding and burnt outside hospital after trying to leave an outlaw motorcycle gang, police say. AAP · May 16, 2025
'Heroin, hookers': alleged killer reveals shooting wake A man accused of gunning down a Sydney underworld figure was later recorded discussing how he spent his reward for the brutal shooting, a court has heard. AAP · Oct 23, 2024
How the Comancheros turned their ACT national ride into a recruitment promo Bikies converged on Canberra, as it doesn't have anti-consorting laws. The Canberra Times · Sep 16, 2024
Gang and drug problems on the rise in Tonga Australia's deportations policy appears to be growing gang populations in Tonga, which hosts the Pacific Islands Forum's annual summit this week. AAP · Aug 24, 2024
Comanchero associate found with $500,000 in cash A bikie associate who allowed a murder getaway vehicle to be stashed at his mother's unit complex was later found with more than half a million dollars cash. AAP · Apr 30, 2024
Bikie head seeks early jail release after almost dying A Sydney bikie seriously injured after his brother was fatally gunned down wants less time in prison for his role in destroying evidence of another killing. AAP · Mar 1, 2024
Murder charges dropped for brothers over bikie shooting A senior Comanchero bikie and his brother have pleaded guilty to their involvement in a 2014 gang shooting after murder charges against them were dropped. AAP · Feb 6, 2024
Canberra killer Frederick Tuifua will remain behind bars until at least 2031 after Crown appeal of 'manifestly inadequate' sentence fails A man in jail for murdering a Comanchero bikie boss in public in 2020 will remain eligible for parole in eight years' time after a Crown appeal was thrown out. ABC News · Feb 15, 2023
Comanchero boss Allan Meehan extradited back to NSW for allegedly breaching court order Allan Meehan is set to be extradited to Sydney after being arrested on the Gold Coast yesterday. Police claim he left to live more freely across the border. ABC News · Feb 10, 2023
Comanchero bikie jailed for shooting at Hells Angel's house in Adelaide suburb of Ingle Farm A South Australian judge tells a court that violence is an "unacceptable" part of bikie gang wars before jailing a Comanchero for shooting up the home of a rival. ABC News · Feb 2, 2023
Man charged over fatal gym shooting A man has been charged over the fatal shooting at a gym of Omar Zahed and the wounding of his brother, Comanchero boss Tarek Zahed. AAP · Dec 25, 2022
'Inexplicability' of bikie boss murder makes case unique, court told "It is clearly disproportionate and will lead to some concerning precedents," the ACT's top prosecutor has said of the killer's jail sentence. The Canberra Times · Nov 8, 2022
'Someone will lose their legs over this': Police smash alleged bikie-linked drug syndicate Four men have been charged after a year-long investigation that resulted in the seizure of drugs, guns, cash and outlaw motorcycle gang paraphernalia on Tuesday. The Canberra Times · Sep 14, 2022
Third man charged over Sydney gang murder A third man has been charged over his alleged involvement in a Sydney murder in 2014 after his high-ranking bikie brother was arrested last month. AAP · Sep 6, 2022
AAP · Sep 1, 2022 Second man charged over gangland murder Days after a high-ranking Comanchero bikie was arrested in Sydney, another man has been charged over his alleged role in the gangland murder of Youssef Assoum.
AAP · Aug 28, 2022 Comanchero boss Zahed charged with murder Comanchero bikie boss Tarek Zahed, who was nearly killed in a shooting that took his brother's life in May, has been charged with the murder of a man in 2014.
AAP · Aug 9, 2022 Brother 'agitated' before bikie's murder The brother of suspected murder victim Goron Nikolovski was agitated before Comanchero bikie Darko Janceski was fatally shot south of Sydney, a jury has heard.
ABC News · Aug 5, 2022 SA Police allege six senior Comanchero bikies caught in Adelaide park Police say they have taken away "some of the key decision-makers of the Comanchero of South Australia" following the arrest of six men at a park in Adelaide's north last night.
AAP · Aug 5, 2022 Six Comanchero bikies arrested in Adelaide Adelaide police have arrested six senior members of the Comanchero bikie gang after a night raid as they gathered in a public park.
ABC News · Aug 4, 2022 Comancheros boss Mark Buddle extradited to Melbourne to face drug importation charges Comancheros boss Mark Buddle is extradited from Darwin to Melbourne to face court over the alleged importation of $40 million worth of cocaine into Australia.
ABC News · Aug 3, 2022 Comanchero boss Mark Buddle in Australian custody over alleged $40 million cocaine import The 37-year-old Comanchero boss is accused of importing more than 160 kilograms of cocaine into Melbourne last year.
AAP · Aug 3, 2022 Comanchero boss deported from Turkey Fugitive bikie boss Mark Buddle has been arrested in Australia six years after fleeing the country, accused of importing more than 160kg of cocaine.
ABC News · Jul 13, 2022 Comanchero, Hells Angels bikie gangs likely linked to recent shootings in Adelaide's north, police say Escalating tensions between the Hells Angels and Comanchero bikie gangs could be behind two recent drive-by shootings in Adelaide's north, police say.
ABC News · Jul 12, 2022 Comanchero bikie boss Mark Buddle in police custody facing extradition to Australia The bikie boss had been living in the self-declared Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus after being granted a residency permit last year, but Turkish officials say a decision was made to deport him because he was "inconvenient" to public peace and security.
ABC News · Jul 1, 2022 Experts say Sydney's modern gangsters have become a lot less subtle Some experts believe a difference between the underworld of yesteryear and modern gangsters is that they've become much less subtle. Instead of making enemies disappear, crooks are now happy to gun down rivals in front of their family and random bystanders.