A FERRARI-driving nightclub owner, a top DJ and a senior bikie — who infamously boasted ‘we run this town’ — are among scores arrested in what police are labelling the Gold Coast’s biggest drug blitz.

Police at the weekend closed down an 18-month investigation targeting the Glitter Strip’s party drug scene with three days of raids, including on four Surfers Paradise nightclubs.

media_camera Jamie Pickering was arrested during the drug raids.

Participants in four outlaw bikie gangs were arrested in the sting, code named Operation Kilo Fraction.

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Police say they have arrested 152 people so far - including 37 bikie gang members or associates - on more than 400 charges “and that will increase”.

Officers seized 18kgs of cocaine, MDMA and methamphetamine and six litres of methamphetamine oil which could have been used to make $11 million in drugs.

Police say the whole operation stopped $26 million in drugs hitting the streets.

They also seized $500,000 in cash and say they will seek to restrain millions of dollars in assets including four luxury homes in Sydney and on the Gold Coast, another $700,000 in cash and jewellery including a $500,000 watch

Club Liv part-owner Ivan Tesic, 43, and nightclub king pin Jamie Pickering were arrested during the dramatic raids that shut down nightclubs in Surfers Paradise on Friday and Saturday night.

Tesic has been named by police as the alleged ringleader of the syndicate and it has been revealed he was wanted by various crime agencies nationwide for a number of years.

media_camera Ivan Tesic, left, has been named as the alleged ring leader

This is the first time enough evidence has been gathered to make an arrest on serious charges.

Jamie Pickering, owner of prominent clubs including SinCity and Vanity, was also arrested along with a top DJ and former bikie.

Pickering, son of former top political cartoonist Larry Pickering, owns a multi-million dollar property portfolio and a $250,000 yellow Ferrari with the numberplates SINCITY.

It is the same car tennis ace Bernard Tomic, a Pickering family friend, was busted speeding in last year.

media_camera A man is detained by police during raids in Surfers Paradise this weekend. Photo: Richard Gosling

Pickering was arrested today and is expected to face Southport Magistrates Court tomorrow.

Club Liv, in Orchid Avenue, was shut down late on Friday night as part of the raids.

Police searched every patron after they entered the premises about 11.15pm.

Clubbers were put in groups of 10 by officers and asked to line up outside the club before police dogs sniffed each person.

Anyone carrying illegal substances was arrested.

Bar staff were searched and sent home before Club Liv was closed for the rest of the night and a crime scene was established.

Officers left the premises in the early hours of Saturday morning and took the club’s computers and files with them.

media_camera Police lead a man away during the Surfers Paradise raids. He was released two hours later without charge. Pic: Richard Gosling

Police put a 1pm Sunday embargo on the release this of this information but several media outlets broke the embargo, putting at risk an 18-month drug operation.

Also arrested was former Bandidos bikie gang sergeant-at-arms and Cleo Bachelor of the Year entrant Joshua Downey, a ‘Nike Bikie’ with a penchant for designer clothes.

After the State Government announced the bikie crackdown in the wake of violent brawls outside a Broadbeach restaurant and siege of Southport police station, a masked and defiant Downey appeared on the front page of The Gold Coast Bulletin alongside the words “We run this town.”

A senior police officer said today: “”He might want to rethink that statement now.”

media_camera Police wheel away computers from Club Liv following the raids. Pic: Richard Gosling

Downey was arrested in Mackay and charged with trafficking cocaine. He was remanded in custody and is expected to apply for bail next week.

His fashion choices for previous court appearances have included white Emporio Armani suits and Prada sunglasses.

Five of those arrested faced Southport Magistrates Court on Saturday, including leading Gold Coast DJ and club manager Joseph ‘JoeyMojo’ Sandagon.

He was arrested at Shuffle Nightclub on Orchid Ave on Friday night and charged with drug trafficking.

Sandagon and three of his co-accused were given bail but banned from Surfers Paradise and ordered not to associate with alleged accomplices including Downey.

media_camera Police guard Club Liv during the raids. Pic: Richard Gosling

The court heard one of those charged was already on bail for drug offences and had also been busted at a music festival in January with pills.

Another man charged with drug trafficking did not apply for bail and was remanded in custody.

Surfers Paradise detectives led the operation but officers from anti-bikie squad Taskforce Maxima were called in due to the alleged involvement of bikies in the drug trafficking racket.