Bikie gangs ready to start the killing Police tactical units conducted early morning raids on the Hells Angels and other bikie club members homes. SOMEONE was about to be killed.That was the information picked up by the NSW Crime Commission, which had uncovered one of the largest and most highly organised drug supply and firearm syndicates run by outlaw bikies. Their targets were the presidents and most senior members of the Hells Angels and Comanchero gangs - two of the state's most notorious outfits. Their supply lines were under the microscope - police had allegedly found they had been sourcing large-scale supplies of drugs from Asian crime gangs overseas and military-grade firearms, explosives and other items from the Balkan "mafia" in Wollongong. Had they waited another week, intelligence showed their targets were in the midst of allegedly carrying out another lucrative drug transaction. But the risk had become too high. Days ago it became apparent a key "asset" in the field was in trouble - the person's life was in serious danger over a bungled drug importation just three weeks earlier. The result was one of the biggest co-ordinated raids seen in NSW in more than two years, involving more than 350 police searching properties from Wollongong to Port Stephens and ending with 19 people under arrest. In one fell swoop police took down some of the most senior members of the enterprise, which allegedly included the leaders of the Comanchero and Hells Angels outlaw motorcycle gangs, as well as other figures who have been outside the law. Among the high-profile names was Felix Lyle, the president of the Hells Angels City Chapter, who was arrested in Sydney's CBD while his clubhouse on George St was raided. Court documents allege he offered to sell a Glock pistol to an informant between November 17 and December 6, 2011, in Sydney, along with amphetamines and cocaine on other separate dates. He was refused bail to appear in court on March 22. The home of the Comanchero president-elect Giacomo "Jack" Di Pizio was searched for four hours, with detectives seizing a computer, a mobile phone and other items. Mr Di Pizio was neither arrested nor charged. However, his brother Gianni - who is not a member of the gang - was arrested at his Merrylands home and charged with drug supply. The Comanchero vice-president, Kemel "Blackie" Barakat, was another senior figure arrested - his Harley-Davidson was confiscated and he was charged with a drug offence and "knowingly directing activities of a criminal group."