BY IAN CROUCH
Raptor Squad police have charged nine alleged Finks outlaw motorcycle gang members following an investigation into drug, firearm, affray and sexual touching related offences in the Hunter.
On Saturday November 1, police allege a 25-year-old woman was inappropriately touched on three separate occasions by a man she didn't know at a Merewether hotel.
Later the same night, police say three men were involved in a fight at the same hotel with one man threatening a patron with a cutlery knife.
Then the following Saturday, it's alleged a group of men attacked patrons outside a licenced premises in Shoal Bay.
Following extensive investigations, police executed warrants in Lake Macquarie, Cessnock and Maitland arresting eight men aged between 28 and 40 and a 26-year-old woman.
Police allege weapons including unauthorised firearms and ammunition were found at properties in Maitland, Windale and Bellbird.
