Hells Angels bosses arrested in drug raids Police raid business in East Brisbane RAW VISION: Queensland Police release video footage relating to the closure of a year long operation targeting alleged drug trafficking by members of the Hells Angels criminal motorcycle gang. PT1M25S http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/action/externalEmbeddedPlayer?id=d-2w1h4 620 349 October 23, 2013 - 4:48PM A former Broncos player and two locksmith business owners are among the alleged Hells Angels members arrested during morning drug raids across Brisbane. Entrepreneurial brothers Bruno and Nuno Da Silva and one-time Broncos player Michael Spence were arrested after police raided eight properties rented by Hells Angels members on Wednesday. Police are expected to allege Mr Spence is the sergeant-at-arms of the Hell Angels' Brisbane City chapter. Former Broncos player Michael Spence. Photo: nrl.com After a successful spell at the Redcliffe Dolphins, the former Coffs Harbour rugby league junior made his debut for the Broncos in 2010 and looked set for a big career in the NRL. But he decided he had had enough of the injuries associated with league and requested he be released from his 2011 contact with the club. He reportedly took up Muay Thai kick boxing a year later. Bruno and Nuno Da Silva - Portuguese-born twins who have featured on the professional poker circuit - were also among seven men arrested on drug trafficking offences. The award-winning locksmith business owners are due to face Brisbane Magistrates Court on Thursday morning. It's expected police will allege Nuno Da Silva was acting as the treasurer of the Brisbane City chapter. The Hells Angels" sergeant-at-arms was also arrested, police said. Police raided 22 properties in Brisbane, Logan, Ipswich and on the Gold Coast on Wednesday. The raids formed the closing chapter of Operation Kilo Advantage, a drug trafficking investigation targeting Hells Angels members, which began in June last year. Detective Superintendent Mick Niland, who is at the helm of anti-bikie Taskforce Maxima, praised the work of police involved in the operation. "This has been a massive operation aimed at disrupting a key facet of the criminal activity undertaken by the Hells Angels - the supply and distribution of drugs across the city,"" he said. Superintendent Niland said officers from Taskforce Maxima and the State Crime Command were involved. Deputy Police Commissioner Brett Pointing hailed the operation a major success. ""They are notoriously difficult to get, arrests of this nature,"" he said. ""This is significant. Eight people on trafficking is a very, very significant day in police work and three of those being patched members of the Hells Angels is a great start.""