Bandidos and Rebels bikie gang leaders arrested in swoop THE Queensland presidents of the Bandidos and the Rebels bikie gangs will appear in Queensland courts today after a co-ordinated operation by the nation's state police forces. Around the country, police charged 57 people on 66 charges, including assault, robbery, and property, drug, firearm and traffic offences, and also intercepted 191 vehicles and executed 79 search warrants. The places raided on Saturday included not only bikie clubhouses and homes but also jail cells holding members of bikie gangs. Eleven people charged with offences in Queensland included the president of the Bandidos criminal motorcycle gang Gold Coast chapter, a 25-year-old man from Carindale in Brisbane, who is accused of drug offences including possession of a dangerous drug. He is to appear in the Brisbane Magistrates Court today. Police also charged the president of the Rebels, a 54-year-old Mount Isa man, who will appear in the Mount Isa Magistrates Court today on drug-related charges, along with a 48-year-old woman from the same address. The others arrested included members of the Hells Angels and Odin's Warriors bikie gangs. In South Australia, police raided the former Finks clubrooms in Adelaide, while corrections officers searched the jail cells of 34 gang members who are in custody. Police declined to provide further details. Police will meet with state Attorney-General John Rau this week to discuss amendments to laws following a low-key raid on the Mongols' clubrooms at the weekend.