<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>A day of co-ordinated raids on criminal operation across Australia and New Zealand saw police seize drugs, cash and weapons.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Taskforce Morpheus carried out the raids on outlawed motorcycle gangs across every state at the same time yesterday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The taskforce was made up of local and federal police, Australian Border Force and the Criminal Intelligence Commission, taking down alleged members of outlaw motorcycle gangs.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://9now.nine.com.au/a-current-affair/residents-of-tourist-hotspot-rage-over-proposed-rate-hike/221d2a0d-6be6-4289-a141-720cfe702afb"><strong><span>Residents of tourist hotspot rage over proposed rate hike</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>This time they swarmed on the Comancheros.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Search warrants were executed at 51 undisclosed locations across the nation, with officers uncovering a suite of machetes, knuckle dusters, bullets and illicit substances.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We do know it's taken drugs off the street and firearms off the streets and sending them a clear message," WA Police Detective Acting Inspector Sean Wright said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/comancheros-raids-police-motorcycle-outlaw-gangs-australia-new-zealand-raids/b983ad1b-619a-48cf-86d6-b86f9098eb8f" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police made 56 arrests and laid 168 charges in total.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Anything associated with outlaw gangs was targeted - their homes, their club houses, the motor vehicles they drive," Wright added.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The work of Taskforce Morpheus is 24/7, gathering intelligence on organised crime groups like the Comancheros to disrupt and dismantle their networks.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Tomorrow it could be you, next week it could be you, everyday we'll be targeting one of you," Wright said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><em><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><strong><em><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Apple</span></em></strong></a><span> </span><strong><em><span>and</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>Google Play</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>ticking this box here</span></em></strong></a></li><li><strong><em><span>Sign up to</span></em></strong><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></em></strong></a></li></ul></div></div>