Bikie and Organised Crime Updates for the week

#gridsparta #bikies In Vietnam, two Samoan nationals, Steven Tofia and Joseph Vaa, have admitted involvement in the shooting murder of Australian Lorenzo Lamalu in central Ho Chi Minh City on 21 May 2026. The pair allegedly ambushed Lamalu, the Coconut Cartel boss, outside a seafood restaurant in the busy Bến Thành area, with Vava firing the fatal shots and Tofia acting as accomplice. Lamalu was struck by two bullets and died at the scene, while associate Sam Sauni was shot once and remains seriously injured in hospital. Tributes circulated in criminal circles online, including posts by Anthony Pele describing Lamalu as a “true warrior” who lived and died with honour. A large number of Coffin Cheaters members gathered in Perth over the weekend for the funeral of patched member Kye Ortin, who died in a car crash near Gidgegannup earlier this month. The service at Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park saw many attendees wearing club colours despite Western Australian laws restricting insignia. In Sydney, Raymartin Faileaso, 33, has been charged as the alleged mastermind of a violent kidnapping in February. The 53-year-old tobacconist was abducted from Mt Pritchard, held for over 24 hours in Dural, assaulted, and subjected to a $500,000 ransom demand with threats that his father would “rest in piss” if police were contacted. A 29-year-old man has been charged by the Australian Federal Police and NSW Police with coordinating a trusted insider network at Port Botany that facilitated multiple large cocaine importations over eight months. He allegedly directed port workers via encrypted messaging to access shipping containers and remove drugs, paying them up to $200,000 per job. The operation involved consignments including 506kg, 140kg, 120kg and several smaller amounts hidden in legitimate cargo from Chile, Colombia, Jamaica and elsewhere using piggybacking and rip techniques. He faces multiple Commonwealth offences carrying a maximum penalty of life imprisonment and remains in custody. In Brisbane, former Comanchero bikie boss Joshua John Lucey is accused of attempting to establish a new drug trafficking network while on bail. Police surveillance and intercepted communications under Taskforce Maxima allegedly linked him to leadership of the syndicate, though his defence argued the evidence was circumstantial. He was granted bail under strict conditions. In Queensland, police in Burpengary charged a 19-year-old man after seizing a loaded 3D-printed firearm, parts, a 3D printer and drugs during a raid, while a 25-year-old woman was charged with drug offences and placed into a diversion program. In nearby Greenbank, a 56-year-old man was charged after detectives found two functional FGC-9 firearms fitted with suppressors and high-capacity magazines, along with industrial 3D printers and manufacturing plans. In Melbourne, Danny Awad, son-in-law of underworld figure Mick Gatto, was re-sentenced to a maximum of nine years’ imprisonment with a minimum of four years and six months for his high-level role in the 2017 importation of 15.4 kilograms of cocaine hidden inside printers. Australian Federal Police seized approximately 373 kilograms of illicit drugs hidden inside a diesel generator shipped from Mexico via Malaysia through Sydney port. The haul included 106kg of cocaine, 250kg of methamphetamine, plus MDMA and 2CB. Investigations are continuing into the criminal network responsible. On the NSW Central Coast, Craig Andrew McDonald, 39, was refused bail after police raided a property in Green Point and seized a large cache of firearms, ammunition, explosives and anti-Semitic extremist literature. In Sydney’s Wentworth Point, two finance professionals were charged as part of Strike Force Myddleton for allegedly assisting a major fraud syndicate that used stolen identities for ghost car loans and fraudulent mortgages worth tens of millions of dollars. Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan stated there is no evidence that bikies have profited from the North East Link project, despite broader concerns about organised crime infiltration in major infrastructure raised by the Rotting from the Top inquiry. Follow Grid Sparta on Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/GridSparta Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GridSparta Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/GridSparta Reditt: https://www.reddit.com/r/Gridsparta