POLICE have arrested 21 members of the Rebels outlaw motorcycle gang in a week-long blitz.
As part of the Attero National Task Force, state and federal police worked together to disrupt, disable and dismantle the criminal activities of the Rebels.
They charged 21 Rebels on 35 offences, including drugs, burglary, and assault.
Police said none of those arrested were high-ranking members and none had been charged under the state's new bikie laws.
Most of the arrests took place along the Sunshine Coast and in Brisbane.
Detective Superintendent Mick Niland said police would continue to target the Rebels, which he described as a "high risk threat".
He said the Rebels were the largest criminal bikie gang in Australia with 1600 members or associates across the country.
Deputy Commissioner Brett Pointing says arrests over the past week offer a snapshot into the level of criminality carried out by the Rebels.
"They started in Brisbane 44 years ago and they're a sophisticated criminal network," he told media on Friday.
Mr Pointing says leaders of criminal bikie gangs are harder to prosecute because they are protected by associates and members.
"(We're) just as interested in associates as we are in the leadership, because it's the lower level associates that sustain the leaders," he said.
Mr Pointing also says criminal bikie gangs may be consulting with public relations experts to shape public perceptions about the gangs.
"It's in the interests of these organisations to try and convince the public that they're in fact not criminal gangs," he said.
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