Ninth bikie arrested over rival's shooting
Nine members of the Mongols bikies are now facing murder charges over the death of gang defector Shane Bowden, after police made another arrest.
Bowden, 47, was gunned down in the driveway of his residence at Pimpama on the Gold Coast last October.
A total of 21 rounds were fired, 19 from a machine pistol and two from a shotgun, before the offenders ran back to a waiting silver Commodore and fled, police allege.
The "so-called brotherhood and code of silence" of the outlaw gang was steadily being being dismantled by police, Detective Superintendent Brendan Smith said on Wednesday.
"This was a calculated and premeditated act with many people involved in varying aspects of the execution of Shane," he said.
"There is no loyalty when you are facing a significant time behind bars away from your family and friends. This is the time to speak up and take advantage of the indemnity on offer and the $250,000 reward."
The latest arrest is a 37-year-old Wanora man due to face Brisbane Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
Another eight men fronted court on Monday after being charged with murder over the weekend. Among them was Ian Ronald Crowden, the president of the Mongols' Brisbane West chapter.
Gold Coast lawyer Michael Gatenby is representing all eight men and said he would be "very surprised" if a murder charge stuck for the bulk of them.
Bowden was initially a member of the Finks criminal bikie gang, part of its "terror team" jailed over the Gold Coast's so-called ballroom blitz brawl in which three people were shot and two stabbed in 2006.
After his release, it's understood he defected to the Mongols but was booted out and rejoined the Finks just before he was shot.
