An array of drugs, weapons, cash, cars and motorbikes have been seized during a nine-month police operation targeting outlaw motorcycle gangs.
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Six residences were raided on the Gold Coast and Logan on Thursday, which led to five arrests, taking the total number of arrests during the entire operation to 28.
Operation Oscar Autocross started last year and was closed after Thursday's raids, having targeted people with links to the Comancheros and Mongols outlaw motorcycle gangs.
Earlier in March, police targeted and stopped a car entering Queensland and a search uncovered a hidden compartment containing enough "highly volatile" chemicals to produce a kilogram of methylamphetamine, with a street value of $300,000.
As a result, a NSW man was charged with a string of offences capable of landing him 25 years in jail.
Meanwhile, Thursday's raids targeted a syndicate distributing drugs including amphetamine, cocaine, MDMA and steroids throughout the Gold Coast and Logan.
Detective Inspector Bruno Asnicar from Taskforce Maxima said the vast majority of the 28 people arrested during the nine-month operation faced 93 charges for trafficking, supply and possession of methylamphetamine, cannabis, cocaine, MDMA, steroids as well as weapons offences.
"I think people have imagined the cooks who make these drugs are guys in white coats in laboratories that are working to a detailed recipe," he said.
"The reality is that most of these people are just random people who have read a recipe off the internet and are just putting a range of chemicals together.
"We've witnessed many times in the past how deaths have occurred and the damage that has been caused to the community generally, because they are trusting a person who they have no idea what their credentials are."
Police also seized more than $350,000 worth of drugs, cash and property including cars and motorbikes during Operation Oscar Autocross. Included in the seized drugs was amphetamine, cannabis, cocaine, MDMA and steroids.
Detective Inspector Asnicar estimated about 700 gang members had been taken off the streets through police operations targeting outlaw motorcycle gangs.
The five people arrested following Thursday's raids appeared in the Southport Magistrates Court on Friday.
