Coordinated trans-Tasman crackdown on Lone Wolf OMCG

Key points

• Police and partner agencies across Australia and New Zealand carried out a coordinated National Day of Action on Thursday, 8 October 2026, targeting the Lone Wolf Outlaw Motorcycle Gang. The operation was led by Task Force Morpheus under the direction of the Queensland Police Service and drew in state, territory and Commonwealth agencies.
• Authorities said the gang is linked to violence, intimidation, illicit drugs and organised offending, and is assessed as posing a very high threat.
• Across the two countries, 20 people were arrested and 69 charges laid, with 18 search warrants executed and 10 Firearms Protection Orders issued.