Police in Victoria have arrested dozens of gang members, some as young as 17, over multiple murders and other serious crimes.

Victoria Police zeroed in on the notorious youth gang with mass raids and arrests in the past fortnight.

On Monday, they said 40 gang members, aged between 17 and 26, were subject to a Firearm Prohibition Orders.

That bans allow police to conduct unannounced searches on the gang members to ensure they do not have guns or other weapons.

Police said the measures would greatly disrupt the gang’s dealings.

The force refused to name the game – “so as not to fuel notoriety” – but it has been linked to several murders and is behind at least 4500 criminal offences, including home invasions, burglaries, carjacking and assaults across Victoria in the past two years.

Anti-gangs Detective Superintendent Jason Kelly said it was probably the state’s worst gang.

“We’ve seen them involved in the extreme violence, including homicides, serious carjackings, incidents of extreme violence,” he said.

“We are concerned and that’s why we have taken these steps.”

He pointed to two high-profile gang-related incidents, including the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Ater “Elia” Good in Fitzroy, in inner-Melbourne, in January, and a violent brawl and shootout at a public housing complex in nearby Collingwood a year earlier.

“I won’t go into any specific details, but we are seeing gang members utilising firearm s… we are addressing it,” he said.

Twelve firearms bans were served on gang members aged between 20 and 25 living in the Melbourne suburbs of Craigieburn, Hillside, Sunshine West, Sunbury, Tarneit, Footscray and Deer Park, as well as Aintree and Weir Views west of the city, Armstrong Creek near Geelong and Sebastopol in Ballarat.

Four members were also arrested for stealing cars, drug possession, handling stolen goods and outstanding warrants.

A further seven bans were handed to gang members aged between 19 and 26, who were already in custody.

Kelly said police expected to similar bans on more gang members soon.

“If you join a gang, you will regret it,” he said.

“It ends badly and very likely results in you or others being seriously assaulted, your family being impacted and you being arrested and charged for serious criminal offences.”

Police said they routinely made FPO checks on gang members, and 88 young people with different gang connections were currently subject to the bans.

Nearly 400 gang members were charged with possessing weapons, such as machetes and firearms, in 2025.

-AAP