Raptor Squad officers have charged nine alleged Finks OMCG members and associates following investigations into drug, firearm, affray and sexual touching related offences in the Hunter Region.
On Saturday 1 November 2025, a 25-year-old woman was allegedly touched by an unknown man on three separate occasions throughout the night at a licenced premises in Merewether.
That same night, three other men were allegedly involved in an affray at the hotel, where it is alleged one of the men armed themselves with a cutlery knife and threatened a patron.
The next weekend – on Saturday 8 November 2025 – Port Stephens Hunter Police District officers commenced investigations into an alleged brawl at a licenced premises in Shoal Bay, where it is alleged a group of men attacked other patrons standing outside the venue.
The men involved in the sexual touching and affrays were allegedly identified to be members of the Finks OMCG.
From about 6am yesterday (Wednesday 19 November 2025), officers attached to State Crime Command's Raptor Squad North, with assistance from local police, executed seven warrants in the Lake Macquarie, Cessnock and Maitland areas.
In Kurri Kurri, police arrested a 36-year-old man. He was taken to Cessnock Police Station, where he was charged with two counts of affray relating to both the Merewether and Shoal Bay incidents, supply prohibited drug <=small quantity and fail to comply digital evidence access order direction.
He was granted conditional bail to appear in Kurri Kurri Local Court on Tuesday 25 November 2025.
In North Rothbury, police arrested a 33-year-old man. He was taken to Cessnock Police Station, where he was charged with two counts of affray relating to the both the Merewether and Shoal Bay incidents, possess prohibited drug, and fail to comply digital evidence access order direction.
He was granted conditional bail to appear in Singleton Local Court on Thursday 27 November 2025.
At an address in Rutherford, police arrested a 40-year-old man. He was taken to Maitland Police Station, where he was charged with sexually touch another person without consent.
He was granted conditional bail to appear in Maitland Local Court on Wednesday 10 December 2025.
During a search warrant in Maitland, police allegedly located a gel blaster. Two men – aged 28 and 38 – were arrested and taken to Maitland Police Station.
The older man was charged with affray relating to the Shoal Bay incident, and two counts of firearm etc found at premises-subject to prohibition order.
The younger man was charged with possess unauthorised pistol, possess or use a prohibited weapon without permit, supply prohibited drug >indictable &
Both were refused bail to appear in Bail Division Local Court 2 today (Thursday 20 November 2025).
At an address in Windale, police arrested a 28-year-old man and a 26-year-old woman. They were taken to Belmont Police Station, where the man was charged with affray and use etc offensive weapon in company with intent indictable offence relating to the Merewether incident.
During a search of the property, police also located a shotgun.
The man was consequently also charged with a number of firearm offences, including:
- Acquire etc prohibited firearm-subject prohibition order
- Possess unauthorised prohibited firearm
- Possess unregistered firearm-prohibited firearm
- Not keep firearm safely-prohibited firearm
- Acquire etc ammunition subject to prohibition order
- Possess ammunition without holding licence/permit/authority
- Use prohibited weapon contrary to prohibition order
- Possess or use a prohibited weapon without permit
- Use prohibited weapon contrary to prohibition order
- Possess or use a prohibited weapon without permit
The woman was charged with possess unauthorised prohibited firearm, possess unregistered firearm-prohibited firearm, and not keep firearm safely-prohibited firearm.
The pair were refused bail to appear in Bail Division Local Court 2 today
At a Bellbird address, police arrested a 32-year-old man. He was taken to Cessnock Police Station, where he was charged with affray relating to the Shoal Bay incident.
He was granted conditional bail to appear in Cessnock Local Court on Wednesday 26 November 2025.
At a separate address in Bellbird, police arrested a 34-year-old man. He was taken to Cessnock Police Station, where he was charged with five counts of possess or use a prohibited weapon without permit relating to the discovery of a ballistic dart gun and knuckle dusters among other things found at his property.
He was also charged with not keep firearm safely-not pistol/prohibited firearm, licensee not store ammunition in restricted area as required, and two counts of possess prohibited drug.
He was granted conditional bail to appear in Cessnock Local Court on Wednesday 3 December 2025.
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