Criminal Law

Smashed From the Inside as Raids Net Suspects

Jessica Elder | 29 November, 2011 | Gold Coast Bulletin

Two Finks motorcycle gang members and 12 Finks associates were arrested yesterday after dawn drug raids on 15 Gold Coast properties.

Illegal Brothels? Not on Council’s Watch

If, as some residents claim, an illegal brothel has been operating in the Tweed Heads CBD, council officers have been unable to uncover it.

Despite several raids this year, they failed to find evidence that could lead to prosecution.

Council yesterday confirmed its staff had made snap inspections on the Bay Street building at least three times but left empty handed after failing to find proof the second-storey unit was being used as an illicit bordello.

Finks bikie Nicholas John Forbes ‘part of terror team’ June Adelaide Now – 16 June 2011

A MEMBER of a bikie “terror team” will be extradited to Adelaide over a nightclub brawl with a rival gang.

Finks member Nicholas John Forbes, 41, was arrested yesterday on the Gold Coast over his alleged involvement in the fight at a Hindley Street nightclub on May 29.

Second Chance For Olympic Swimmer

Gold Coast Bulletin article | 28 January 2010 | by Renee Redmond

Gold Coast-based Olympic swimming hopeful Daniel Smith still has a chance at gold, despite crashing his car into a house while drink-driving.

The 18-year-old appeared in Southport Magistrates Court yesterday.