A senior Queensland bikie has been charged with the murder of outlaw motorcycle gang defector Shane Bowden on the Gold Coast.
Queensland Police said on Saturday the arrested 46-year-old from Chuwah was believed to be the president of the Brisbane West chapter of the Mongols.
His name is Ian Robert Crowden, according to media reports.
Detective Superintendent Brendan Smith said the man was allegedly responsible for 'counselling, directing and financing' the execution of 47-year-old Mr Bowden in October last year.
The alleged president of the Mongols bikie gang has been charged with the murder of outlaw motorcycle gang defector Shane Bowden (pictured above)
Forensic officers at work after Bowden's shooting death at Cox Road, Pimpama on the Gold Coast on October 12, 2020
The murder charge comes after police released new vision on the lead up to the shooting on July 1 and appealed for public assistance.
The CCTV footage showed Bowden driving into a garage unit at his Pimpana complex as two