A high-ranking Canberra bikie accused of keeping cash in his washing machine has been hit with a raft of new charges as an associate of his was also arrested for alleged drug offending.
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Canberra Rebels vice-president John Donald George Wright, 46, pleaded not guilty in the ACT Magistrates Court on Thursday to the seven fresh charges, along with three existing allegations.
Detectives from ACT Policing's anti-gangs team, Taskforce Nemesis, arrested the Braddon man, who is also known as John Winchester, as he sat in a car on Mort Street on November 25.
Investigators took him to his nearby unit, where they claim to have found various things including about 60 grams of cocaine, more than $15,000 in cash and a set of knuckledusters.
Some of the money was said to have been in the washing machine.
Mr Wright was granted bail the next day, when he was charged with trafficking in cocaine, possessing a prohibited weapon and failing to comply with a lawful order to unlock electronic devices for police.
During Mr Wright's second court appearance on Thursday morning, defence lawyer Charlene Chalker-Harris entered not guilty pleas to those charges on her client's behalf.
Magistrate Robert Cook also read to the bikie seven new charges, which related to alleged offending between July and November.
These charges included two counts each of attempting to traffic in cocaine and dealing with proceeds of crime.
There were also single charges of conspiring to cultivate cannabis for sale, being knowingly concerned in the cultivation of cannabis plants, and possessing instructions for the cultivation of cannabis.
After Mr Wright pleaded not guilty to all of these as well, Mr Cook adjourned the matter until February 24 next year.
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Prosecutor Sam Bargwanna flagged, however, that he would seek to bring the case back to court sooner for a bail review he believed would take "quite an extensive period of time".
In a statement, ACT Policing said the Ngunnawal man had been taken into custody at his home as part of "an ongoing investigation of outlaw motorcycle gang drug distribution in the ACT and the surrounding region".
He was formally charged in court with attempting to traffic in cocaine, possession of ammunition and two counts of possessing prohibited firearms. Mr Cummins did not enter pleas.
A lengthy police document, described by magistrate Glenn Theakston as being "difficult to understand", details numerous intercepted communications between Mr Wright and Mr Cummins.
It also says the 31-year-old was at a Bonner home in July, when police conducting a raid seized significant quantities of drugs.
In late October, officers searched Mr Cummins' home and claim to have found a loaded shotgun, dozens of shells capable of being fired by the weapon, an imitation gel-blaster pistol, and a small amount of suspected methylamphetamine.
Detectives returned to arrest the man on Wednesday and, despite their opposition to bail on Thursday, Mr Theakston granted it.
Mr Cummins, who is subject to numerous conditions including a ban on contacting any Rebels bikies, returns to court next month.
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