A Perth bikie boss who founded the notorious Brothers 4 Life gang has been jailed for six years for dealing meth.
Musa Salleh, 55, was charged with the offences after police intercepted calls he made to organise drug deals on 31 separate occasions in 2016.
Gang crime squad officers raided his Department of Housing property and found 50g of the methamphetamine, a sawn-off shotgun, ammunition, steroids, cannabis and more than $25,000 in cash, the West Australian reports.
Musa Salleh, 55, was charged with the offences after police intercepted calls he made to organise drug deals on 31 separate occasions in 2016
Gang crime squad officers raided his Department of Housing property and found 50g of the methamphetamine, a sawn-off shotgun, ammunition, steroids, cannabis and more than $25,000 in cash (Brothers 4 Life members pictured)
Salleh allegedly founded Brothers 4 Life at the time of his arrest and used his taxpayer-funded home in Waikiki, south of Perth, as the headquarters for the gang and held weekly meetings there.
When the Department of Housing was alerted about Salleh’s drug dealing convictions, his family was forced to move out of the property.
His defence argued Salleh was a ‘newcomer’ to the world of drugs when police swooped in 2016.
‘It’s not something that he was particularly adept at… and he’s clearly not particularly sophisticated, if you like, although on the face of it, it appears to be a fairly sophisticated operation,’ his lawyer John Bougher argued.
Salleh allegedly founded Brothers 4 Life at the time of his arrest and used his taxpayer-funded home in Waikiki, south of Perth, as the headquarters for the gang and held weekly meetings there
Judge Audrey Braddock replied: ‘If that’s right, Mr Bougher, this really is starting at the top.’
Since Salleh’s arrest police have charged over a dozen more Brothers 4 Life members for offences including violent assaults and drug and firearm-related crimes.
A total of 15 guns were also recovered from the gang’s collective artillery.
Salleh was for sentenced total of six years and three months but will be eligible for parole after two years.