A joint strike force involving state and federal police could stamp out bikie-related crime on the Gold Coast, a local MP says.
Steven Ciobo, whose electorate of Moncrieff covers the tourist strip, has used a speech to federal parliament to demand more resources to crack down on criminal bikie gangs.
The Liberal MP says Gold Coast residents are fed up with the recent spike in bikie-related crime, including a number of drive-by shootings.
Australian Federal Police should be called in to work alongside the Queensland Police Service’s Taskforce Hydra, which targets outlaw bikie gangs, he said.
“What I’d like to see is … a dedicated squad that’s able to increase its muscle when it comes to cracking down on bikies and the activities they participate in,” Mr Ciobo told AAP on Wednesday.
“We need a special unit of federal and state police that can work hand in glove across all jurisdictions in this country to crack down on the crime we’ve seen taking place in southeast Queensland, the Gold Coast and in western Sydney.”
He said Queensland Premier Campbell Newman’s recent announcement of 100 extra police for the Gold Coast would help.
He said there was already co-operation between federal and state police on bikie gangs.
But a dedicated joint strike force, with extra resources, would be more effective, he said.
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