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Bandidos Bikie Member Arrested Amid Firebombing Probe

Taskforce Echo detectives arrested several men, including a patched Bandidos member, after a firebombing that left one suspect with life-altering burns.

  • Victoria Police executed a warrant on Friday at the Bandidos OMCG clubhouse at Greenbank Court in Delacombe, Ballarat, as part of an ongoing arson investigation. Police stated, "One of the warrants was executed a short time ago at the Bandidos OMCG clubhouse at Greenbank Court in Delacombe."
  • The investigation follows a firebombing at Boss Tobacco in Melton on September 3, which left a 23-year-old man in critical condition with life-altering burns to his upper and lower body.
  • Detectives from Taskforce Echo arrested several men, including a 32-year-old patched Bandidos member, while police released CCTV footage last week showing one man engulfed in flames as his accomplice tried to shake fire off his burning sleeve.
  • Arson squad Detective Inspector Chris Murray vowed to hold the fugitive responsible for "ruining lives," hitting out at youth offenders carrying out violent attacks ordered by organised crime syndicates. The injured man remains in critical condition at the Alfred Hospital.
  • Police say the accomplice fled the scene, leaving his injured partner behind, and later abandoned their getaway vehicle alight on the Western Highway in Hopetoun Park. The investigation continues as authorities seek the fugitive.
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Bikie clubhouse in Delacombe raided after tobacco store fire at Melton

Bandidos OMCG clubhouse in Ballarat raided in Arson and Explosives Squad investigation into a fire at a Melton tobacconist.

·Ballarat City, Australia
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‘So-called mate’: Bandido arrested over Melton firebombing where alleged arsonist was left for dead

A patched member of the Bandidos bikie gang has been arrested and his clubhouse raided as part of a police probe into a near-fatal firebombing attack at Melton.

·Southbank, Australia
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Bandidos bikie member arrested amid firebombing probe

A Bandidos clubhouse has been searched as arson detectives investigate the firebombing of a tobacco store that left an alleged arsonist critically injured.

·Osborne Park, Australia
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Bandidos bikie arrested over bungled firebombing that left arsonist fighting for life

Eight days after an arson attack on a Melton tobacco store, police have swooped on a bikie clubhouse in regional Victoria.

·North Sydney, Australia
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Arrests made at Ballarat bikie clubhouse over alleged botched arson attack

Police arrested several people, including a patched Bandidos member, as part of an investigation into several incidents, including an alleged Melton firebombing where a man mistakenly set himself on fire.

·Ultimo, Australia
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ABC Australia broke the news in Ultimo, Australia on Friday, September 11, 2026.
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