Despite fears of an escalating bikie war in Adelaide, outlaw motorcycle clubs account for only a fraction of criminal activity that costs Australia up to $47.4 billion annually, a criminologist has said. Police have linked a hair salon fire on Wednesday morning to the firing of bullets at an Ascot Park house on Monday, a suspicious fire at a Marleston gymnasium last Friday, and a suspected arson attack on a food van outside a Mile End home the previous morning.
They suggest it is related to drug debt, and potential power shifts within the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club.
Police are also investigating whether three shots fired at a property at West Lakes just after 7:30am this morning, which is not believed to be a random attack, were also related to the feud.
Nobody has been injured in any of the incidents.
Read more: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-16/bikies-small-players-in-organised-crime/11418106
