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Arrested a Finks member and two woman over an alleged amphetamine trafficking racket in the western suburbs.The bikie, 47, and a woman, 35, of Devon Park, a suburb sited between Torrens Rd and Churchill Rd, were arrested in an underground carpark at Arndale Shopping Centre yesterday.Police said they had just completed an illicit drugs sale to a Prospect woman, 45, when Crime Gangs Task Force officers pounced.About 380 street deals of amphetamines were seized, police said.All the accused were bailed to appear in court later.The Devon Park couple are expected to appear in Adelaide Magistrates Court next month while the Prospect woman will face Holden Hill Magistrates Court in April on charges of trafficking and possession of amphetamines.

Police have arrested another two motorcycle gang members in connection with a shootout on a popular Sydney restaurant strip Police say eight men were involved in the shootout near the Grappa restaurant on Norton Street, Leichhardt, in Sydney's inner-west, in November last year. Yassar Bakir, 33, allegedly a senior member of the Finks bikie gang and younger brother of Gold Coast mobile phone entrepreneur Ron Bakir, appeared in a Sydney court this week on shooting charges arising from the incident. Police said they have since arrested two high-ranking members of the Commancheros bikie gang, bringing the total number of arrests in connection with the shootout to three. Two men from Bexley in Sydney's south-west, aged 29 and 27, were arrested at Surry Hills Police Station and charged with affray, police said in a statement. The 27-year-old man was arrested on Thursday and has been granted conditional bail to appear in Downing Centre Local Court on February 28. The 29-year-old man w...