09:50 EDT, 15 March 2021
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An adrenaline junkie with military experience in Iraq has been arrested over the assassination of a notorious bikie leader who was shot dead by a sniper.
Former Rebels bikie boss Nick Martin, 51, was shot in the back at the Outlaw Nitro Challenge drag racing event at the Perth Motorplex, Kwinana Beach at 8.30pm on Saturday, December 12.
He died at the scene in front of horrified families and children including his own wife and step-daughter.
Police raided a home in Waikiki and bushland in Warnbro, in Perth s southern suburbs, on Monday before taking the man into custody.
Nick Martin (pictured) was shot in the back at the Perth Motorplex on December 12 in front of horrified families who were trying to watch the nitro cars high-octane drag racing
Perth former soldier arrested in connection to public assassination of Rebels bikie boss
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Perth detectives have arrested a man overnight in connection with the public assassination of former Rebels bikie boss Nick Martin.
Officers involved in Operation Ravello spent Monday combing through a house in Waikiki, in Perthâs south, before a man was escorted in handcuffs into a police car.
The man, who is yet to be charged, was taken to Perth amid a heavy security operation to be questioned by police.
The chilling vantage point a fly-in-fly-out sniper may have used to take out a bikie kingpin has emerged - as the Perth racetrack where he was gunned down welcomed back crowds for the first time since the shooting.
Former Rebels bikie boss Nick Martin, 51, was shot in the back at the Outlaw Nitro Challenge drag racing event at the Perth Motorplex, Kwinana Beach at 8.30pm on Saturday, December 12.
He died at the scene in front of horrified families and children including his own wife and step-daughter.
Martin told his wife Amanda: babe, I ve been shot as she tried to give him CPR while he died in her arms.
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A massive police presence shadowed the bikies with a police marksman hanging out of a helicopter - as fears of an all out gang war grow in Western Australia.
At the front of the procession was four riders followed by a motorcycle carrying Martin s coffin, which had Australian $100 notes printed all over it.
The coffin-carrying motorcycle was flying the Rebels club battle flag - a US Confederate flag with a cap-wearing skull and a one per cent patch.
Ms Martin speaks at her husband s funeral at the same time that thieves stole $20,000 in cash belonging to her from a safe in a family friend s home in Rockingham
Fiercely loyal and a big eater: Friends, family and club mates farewell larger than life Nick Martin
Fiercely loyal and a big eater: Friends, family and club mates farewell larger than life Nick Martin
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The family and friends of slain Rebels boss Nick Martin have painted the picture of the man behind the tough exterior adorned in patches and tattoos during an emotional service at his funeral.
In a heartfelt address at Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park on Wednesday, they described the bikie boss as a doting father and a cuddly teddy bear , who had a sweet tooth and loved making trifle.