The crackdown on bikie gangs in the Hunter has continued with police carrying out raids in Lake Macquarie.
Officers from the Gangs Squad and Strike Force Raptor and Hunter police carried out investigations under Strike Force Batterson in relation to violent acts believed to be related to a dispute between rival gangs.
In all, 15 properties were searched here and in Sydney including four home units in Lake Macquarie.
Police have since seized a number of drugs, ammunition, drugs and cash and several members of the Finks and Nomads bikie gangs have been arrested.
