Court hears Comancheros arrest may have stopped Hells Angels attack The Comanchero Motorcycle Club on their annual ride. THE arrest of Comancheros bikie members allegedly linked to a debt-collecting scheme may have prevented a revenge attack on the Hells Angels motorcycle club, a court has heard. During a bail application hearing today for Bemir Saracevic, a man named in court as a Comancheros treasurer, Echo Taskforce detective Ashleigh Robinson said Special Operations Group police arrested him and a colleague after premises linked to the Comancheros were shot at and laced with explosives. The SOG made the arrests on October 1 after investigators became aware that Mr Saracevic and a co-accused man were in possession of a firearm and "actively seeking out" Hells Angels members in response to the attacks on a gym and tattoo parlour linked to the Comancheros, Sen-Det Robinson told Melbourne Magistrates' Court. The court was told the two men were arrested getting into a car in which police found a loaded pistol, ammunition, gloves, a ballistic vest, the names and contact details of five Hells Angels members and the name, address and vehicle details of a Hells Angel whom the Comancheros held responsible for the shooting and laying of explosives. Investigators believe the arrests prevented a revenge attack, Sen-Det Robinson said. Sen-Det Robinson alleged Mr Saracevic arranged Comanchero members and nominees to "chase" debts. "The majority of these debts are related to liquidations, bankruptcy, matters currently in civil dispute and drug debts," Sen-Det Robinson told the court. Sen-Det Robinson alleged Mr Saracevic was involved in three money-related incidents. The first was alleged to have occurred in July over a civil dispute involving an associate and an $18,000 rent debt. A father and adult son were kicked and punched at a Braeside industrial complex, the court was told. The second incident was alleged to have occurred over an outstanding $26,000 final payment to a construction company. A disguised man brandishing a knife punched the debtor's brother in the face several times while he was in bed, the court was told. Mr Saracevic did not commit that assault, the court heard. The third matter was an alleged extortion campaign on a couple who previously directed property companies which went into liquidation, the court heard. In September, two men - not including Mr Saracevic - left a bullet taped to the couple's door as part of an alleged collection bid, the hearing was told. Police opposed bail, saying Mr Saracevic was a risk of further offending and posed a danger to the public and police witnesses. Defence lawyer Malcolm Thomas said Mr Saracevic, who has no prior convictions, was a legitimate businessman who ran a successful trade business and wanted to return to work. Magistrate Duncan Reynolds granted Mr Saracevic bail on strict conditions, including a $100,000 surety. Mr Reynolds said Mr Saracevic would no doubt remain the focus of police attention while on bail. Mr Saracevic, 26, is facing charges including intentionally causing injury, unlawful assault, trespassing and a firearm and ammunition offences.