High-powered AK-47 and carbine assault rifles remain in the hands of the Hells Angels bikie gang despite unprecedented dawn raids on more than 60 of its clubhouses and members' homes across Victoria.
Guns, ammunition, drugs and cash were seized and 13 people arrested when more than 700 police, including federal and customs officers, swooped on Thursday morning.
At one clubhouse, so much ammunition was uncovered that a trailer was needed to remove it.
Victoria Police Chief Commissioner Ken Lay is concerned they haven't found the military weapons, which were used in a number of recent drive-by shootings by Hells Angels members at rival clubhouses in Hallam, Dandenong and Clayton South.
He has vowed to track them down and put pressure on the gang.
"We haven't recovered those firearms so we will continue our operation, we will continue our work until we get those guns," he said.
"It is totally unacceptable that criminals have access to these firearms and we'll continue to push and push very hard until we have those firearms in our possession."
Mr Lay said more arrests were likely as police execute further search warrants throughout the day.
He also said he was ready to use new anti-fortification laws that came into effect last Sunday.
"We're preparing some affidavits now for a number of premises, we'll progress that matter to court definitely in the next little while and that will see another lot of action by Victoria Police to enforce those laws," he said.
Acting Deputy Commissioner Steve Fontana said they had not met any resistance from club members in the "high-risk operation".
"We've been working on this for a while, we're extremely concerned about these weapons, we're extremely concerned about the intel we've got about the tensions and the intentions of these clubs and so we thought it necessary to make a pretty strong stance here," he said.
"And I want to send this out as a strong warning to other outlaw motorcycle gangs - if you're going to get involved in these violent, firearms related incidents in public places we are going to come down strong."
Mr Fontana said Victoria Police was starting to work more closely with interstate and national counterparts.
"Victoria's not the only jurisdiction (affected by bikie gangs) and we're getting fed up with it and we're going to take them on," he said.
Premier Denis Napthine said there was no place for bikie gangs in Victoria.
"They are a risk to Victorians, as we have seen recently where you have seen drive-by shootings of clubhouses, of businesses that are associated with these gangs," he said.
"These are in neighbourhoods, these are in streets, these are in business parks and there are people in those communities."
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