BRISBANE, Queensland, Feb. 13 -- Queensland Police Service issued the following media release:

Detectives from Taskforce Maxima South Eastern Region have charged 15 people on more than 50 charges following an operation targeting the alleged recruitment of gang members across the southeast.

Operation Whiskey Rebound was launched in September 2024, to investigate members, former members and associates of the Comanchero Outlaw Motorcycle Gang (OMCG) who were allegedly involved in recruitment, drug trafficking, extortion, arson and weapons activities.

On February 6 and 7, detectives from Organised Crime Gangs Group, supported by Criminal Investigation Branches (CIBs) from Brisbane, Caboolture, Rockhampton and Maryborough executed simultaneou...