A WA bikie chief and a neighborhood racing id have appeared in court over allegations they had been discovered with near $500,000 in illegally obtained money.
Police allege they stopped Karl Labrook, 52, in Ridgewood on Wednesday and after looking his automobile uncovered $210,000 packed inside a field wrapped as a Christmas current.
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Police allege the items had been addressed to the son of the Rebels’ performing president on behalf of WA racing determine Kellie Kersley.
Labrook was arrested on the spot earlier than police raided Kersley’s house in Ascot.
It’s on the Miracle Mile winner’s property that police allege they seized two extra circumstances containing an additional $250,000 money.
Police declare the circumstances had been additionally wrapped utilizing the identical kind of Christmas paper present in Labrook’s automobile.
Labrook and Kersley had been every charged with possession of stolen or unlawfully obtained property earlier than showing in courtroom Thursday.
Each walked free on strict bail situations.
In courtroom, it was revealed Labrook’s spouse Ashleigh is the goddaughter of his co-accused Kersley, the primary lady to win WA’s Miracle Mile.
Labrook is the performing president of the WA Rebels, resuming the position after Jason Dixon was arrested two weeks in the past in a gang crime raid.
Police stated Gang Crime Squad detectives had swooped as a part of an operation focusing on the Rebels Outlaw Bike Gang.
