Seven members of the motorcycle club Outlaws were arrested in Hafnarfjörður and Mosfellsbær yesterday. Drugs and other items believed to have been stolen during burglaries in both the capital and the countryside were seized. Explosives were also found at the site in Mosfellsbær.
Photo by Páll Stefánsson.
According to mbl.is, most of the arrested are in their twenties and are all connected to Outlaws.
The operation was carried out by the Reykjavík Metropolitan Police as well as the Suðurnes Police in the southwest in cooperation with the National Commissioner of the Icelandic Police and customs authorities.
Last week, police raided an amphetamine factory in Reykjavík and a workshop in Hafnarfjörður. According to ruv.is, both premises were being used by the motorcycle club.
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