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The national president of the Comanchero bikie gang has been arrested, as police scramble to contain Sydney's spiralling bikie violence.
Mark Buddle is being questioned at Maroubra Police Station for an alleged breach of parole.
Buddle was released from jail earlier this year after serving about five months over a brawl at a pub.
Police have been investigating the Comanchero bikie gang for two murders and an attempted murder in the past month.
Meanwhile, NSW Police this week raided and shut down three bikie clubhouses, including a Comanchero club at Turella, in Sydney's south.
Wednesday's raid was followed on Thursday by raids on Hells Angels clubhouses at Haymarket in the CBD and Annandale in the inner west.
Police say they found evidence of illegal alcohol sales at all three premises.
The occupiers of all three buildings will be issued with breaches under the Environmental Planning and Assessment Act.
Commander of the Gangs Squad, Detective Superintendent Arthur Katsogiannis, says police will keep the pressure on.
"As long as some people within these gangs want to carry out criminal acts or allow their violent conflicts to be aired in public, we will be there to disrupt their day-to-day activities," he said about the raids.
Police say the raids are unrelated to a fatal shooting earlier this week.
Bassil Hijazi, 18, who was killed at Bexley on Monday night, had links to the Turrella clubhouse.
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