Omni-Pol Dissolves Harkonnen Exports
October 19, 29481 - Ferrell [Atlantean]
IRRK Freelance - In a stunning raid on the Longest Road region, Omni-Pol raided and dissolved the organization known as Harkonnen Exports.
Detectives on the case revealed the organization to be no more than a front for an organized crime syndicate, involved in drug trafficking, arms smuggling, and illegal money laundering. Several Omni-Pol squadrons attacked the city where Harkonnen Exports had its base of operations, formerly the corporate campus of the organization "Sharks with Frikkin Laserbeams", a whimsically named marine biology thinktank. In the ensuing firefight, several members of the organization were sent to reclaim and arrested, although Omni-Pol reports that the organization's president, Alexsi "Nadab" Stefanovich, was able to escape using a custom Phasefront jetbike.
"We've been gunning for these criminals for some time now. They've been hiding under a veneer of respectable Omni-Tek society. It was only recently that we were able to gather enough evidence to nail them," says Detective Spassky Morgan, of the Omni-Pol Vice Squad. "Let this be a lesson to all criminal organizations on Rubi-Ka. We've got your ticket, and it's only a matter of time before we punch it."
When asked about allegations that Harkonnen Exports was in fact a covert branch of Omni-Reform, Detective Morgan stated, "These thugs are not, nor were they ever, a member of Omni-Tek." This is despite the evidence that multiple reports were filed by Harkonnen Exports members for Omni-Reform. The content of these reports were deemed confidential and locked by Omni-Pol "for the investigation and trial." The incarcerated former members of Harkonnen Exports say that there is a conspiracy to cover-up the link to Omni-Reform, but Omni-Pol attributes this to the current plea bargain in their legal defense.