First bikies charged under Newman's anti-association laws Three members of the Mongols motorcycle gang have become the first bikies charged under Queensland's controversial anti-association laws after being arrested at a Gold Coast luxury hotel. The three men, aged 26, 28 and 36, were arrested by Surfers Paradise detectives in the foyer of the Palazzo Versace hotel at Main Beach about 11.30pm on Wednesday. Under the Newman government's anti-association laws, it is now a criminal offence in Queensland for three or more members of a ""criminal organisation"" to meet in public or at a bikie clubhouse. Two of the men arrested on Wednesday are allegedly members of the Mongols outlaw motorcycle gang, while the third is allegedly a member of the Finks, police said. Their arrest was the first of three alleged bikies in the same place at the same time under the anti-association laws. A 26-year-old man from Woodvale in Western Australia, a 28-year-old man from Southport and a 36-year-old from Arundel have been charged with being ""participants in a criminal organisation while being knowingly present in a public place"." The WA man was also charged with possessing a dangerous drug and tainted property. The trio is expected to face Southport Magistrates Court on Thursday morning. The Finks joined forces with the notorious international Mongols gang in a bid to circumvent moves by authorities to have the Finks declared a criminal organisation under the anti-association laws. Up to 90 per cent of the Finks' members are expected to eventually ""patch over"." Last month, two members of the Odin's Warriors outlaw motorcycle club were arrested after stepping inside their clubhouse on Spence Street in Cairns. The Newman Government hastily introduced the controversial laws last month after violent brawls involving up to 60 Bandidos and two Hells Angels associates erupted outside a Gold Coast tapas restaurant and the Southport police station on September 27.