In the middle of Covid-19 lockdown in Melbourne, Rebels bikie Raymond Elise, was loading groceries into his car outside a supermarket when armed police jumped from a van and forced him to the ground at gunpoint. With members of the anti-gang Echo Taskforce standing over him, Elise was told that his visa had been cancelled and he was an unlawful citizen in Australia and will be deported. Thereafter, he was arrested and escorted to the immigration detention centre.    After being held for a month in a Melbourne Immigration Transit Accommodation in 2020 he was deported to New Zealand, his country of citizenship, under the controversial 501 legislation and has been here since.    In New Zealand, Elise founded Rebels Mangere chapter in South Auckland. The chapter then started expanding and recruiting members.  He also started expanding his business in the area and overlapped King Cobras, the prominent ruthless motorcycle club of South Auckland.