Machine gun and drug lab found during raid linked to gangs
Weapons, drugs and a drug manufacturing lab have been seized during a raid at a property with links to the Comanchero and Bandido outlaw motorcycle gangs in Brisbane's east.
The lab, used to produce ice and 30 grams of ice, cannabis and a substance believed to be a dangerous drug (yet to be analysed), were found at the Old Cleveland Road address at Chandler on Thursday, along with a machine gun, a handgun and ammunition.
The illicit laboratory team attended the location to remove the lab items and render the property safe.
A 45-year-old Chandler man was charged with various drugs and weapons offences and is scheduled to appear at the Brisbane Magistrates Court on August 28.
A 45-year-old Petrie Terrace man was issued a notice to appear for drug possession offences and is due to appear at Brisbane Magistrates Court on September 23.