The bikie boss, the $800,000 Ferrari and an $18 million Brighton mansion
Anti-bikie detectives searched the luxury residence of Finks national president Mark Balsillie earlier this month, just hours after two masked men fired 10 shots at an Arcare aged care facility in Maidstone.
Police have raided an $18 million Brighton mansion occupied by a bikie boss following a campaign of violence against embattled property developer Simon Pitard and his family’s aged care empire.
Detectives from Taskforce Echo searched the luxury residence of Finks national president Mark Balsillie on November 6, just hours after two masked men fired 10 shots at an Arcare aged care facility in Maidstone. Later that day, police publicly identified the gang as an “organised crime priority”.
The police raid also followed the firebombing of Pitard’s Brighton property on October 27 when two luxury cars were destroyed. On October 28, an innocent 52-year-old woman sustained serious burns when her Cheltenham townhouse was firebombed in a case of mistaken identity, which is also under investigation.
Detectives carried out firearm prohibition order compliance searches at another five properties in Narre Warren North, Safety Beach, Mount Eliza and Dallas as part of their November 6 blitz on the Finks, but no arrests were made.
