Police have executed a search warrant as investigations continue into public place shootings allegedly involving members of the Nomads Outlaw Motorcycle Gang in the state’s Hunter Region.
During the evening of Tuesday 8 March 2022, police attended a home at Edgeworth in response to a home invasion.
The occupant, a 24-year-old, woman was seriously injured.
About 9.10pm on Friday 8 April 2022, emergency services responded to reports of a public place shooting at a carpark on Arnott Street, Edgeworth.
A 27-year-old man was found suffering gunshot wounds to the right leg.
Both the man and woman were taken to hospital but have since been released.
Detectives from Lake Macquarie Police District commenced investigations into both incidents under Strike Force Undola.
As part of ongoing investigations detectives executed a search warrant at a storage facility in Cardiff yesterday (Thursday 12 August 2022).
During the search it will be alleged police located Luger pistol, parts for a SKS semi-automatic rifle and a pump action shot gun, two thirty round magazines and a machete.
Officers also conducted a vehicle stop at Blackalls Park where clothing associated with the Nomads Outlaw Motorcycle Gang was seized along with two ammunition boxes containing a large amount of ammunition.
Inquiries are continuing.
Anyone with information about this incident is urged to contact Crime Stoppers: 1800 333 000 or https://nsw.crimestoppers.com.au. Information is treated in strict confidence. The public is reminded not to report information via NSW Police social media pages.
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