New South Wales and Victoria Police have arrested 27 people in total and seized multiple firearms, following the conclusion of a joint-agency police operation across Southern New South Wales and north-eastern Victoria, targeting bikies and organised criminal networks.

The Operation was named Blue Ember and it was established by the New South Wales Police Force and Raptor Squads – in partnership with Victoria Police, the Crime Commission and Criminal Intelligence Commission to gather intelligence and further disrupt bikie activities across the Riverina and the Albury-Wodonga border regions.

the multi-agency operation commenced at 6am Monday on the 20 March 2023 and concluded at 4pm on Thursday 23 March 2023.

New South Wales Police conducted 24 Firearms Prohibition Order searches, served 18 FPOs, made 19 arrests and seized three firearms and amounts of ammunition. Victoria Police seized one firearm and eight prohibited weapons and arrested eight people.