Ex-bikie enforcer Brent Simpson is among a group of men charged in connection to the Australia Day shooting murder of Omega Ruston on the Gold Coast more than 13 years ago.
The 45-year-old Gold Coast man, who is the creator of the popular podcast The Clink, has been charged with being an accessory after the fact to the 2009 killing.
It will be alleged the former Bandido Outlaw Motorcycle Gang member provided immediate assistance to the offenders after the murder had been committed, police said.
Defence lawyer Michael McMillan says Simpson will face the Brisbane Magistrates Court on Wednesday.
Three other men have been arrested in New South Wales in connection to the alleged murder in a breakthrough for the case that has remained unsolved for more than a decade.
Longtime people of interest Paul Younan, a former Nomads bikie, and Haysam Hamdan, faced courts in NSW today, where Queensland detectives applied for their extradition to the state.
They are expected to face murder charges in relation to the death of the 32-year-old father of two during a road rage incident, Queensland Police said.
Mr Hamdan, 43, was arrested by Australian Federal Police on Monday night as he attempted to board a plane to Dubai.
Mr Younan, 37, was arrested by highway patrol officers and NSW's bikie-busting Raptor Squad while travelling on the M4 at Huntingwood, NSW.
A 39-year-old man was also arrested at a home on Fairway Drive at Norwest, shortly before 1.30am on Tuesday.
It comes after a Queensland cold case investigation into Mr Ruston's shooting on the side of the Gold Coast Highway at Burleigh Heads more than 10 years ago was reviewed in recent years.
Police are expected to allege Mr Ruston was leaving a celebration at North Burleigh when his ute was cut off in traffic by another vehicle.
Officers have previously said Mr Ruston got into a verbal exchange with a group while driving before he got out of his vehicle and approached the other car near a McDonald's restaurant in Burleigh Heads.
'Taken from our world'
Police are expected to allege shots were fired from the passenger-side window of the other vehicle, with one striking Mr Ruston in the stomach.
He died at the scene, even though two friends tried to save his life.
Detectives last year revealed they believed those directly involved in the 2009 shooting death were linked to Gold Coast and Sydney chapters of outlaw motorcycle gangs and Sydney Middle Eastern crime syndicates.
There have been significant forensic breakthroughs in the investigation, including new DNA, fingerprint and ballistics evidence, police said.
Speaking in Sydney, Gold Coast Detective Acting Superintendent Chris Ahearn said the appeal for public information was still active despite the arrests.
He said the killing was "evidently an act of road rage on the roadside that has ended in senseless violence and the end of a young man's life".
Acting Superintendent Ahearn said it would be alleged that the murder weapon used to kill Mr Ruston was also used in a drive-by shooting of a Sydney Ink Tattoo Parlour at Belmore, in Sydney's west, in 2008.
He said a $250,000 reward remained in place for information, as well as indemnities against prosecution.
"It shows that with dedication and determination, irrespective of the passage of time, serious activity such as this can be solved," Acting Superintendent Ahearn said.
He said people who may have been "scared" to come forward with information were encouraged to phone Crime Stoppers, no matter how insignificant they thought their information might be.
Mr Ruston's brother, Nick Ruston, echoed calls for anyone with details of the crime to come forward.
"Thirteen years ago Omega was taken from our world," he said.
"Hopefully with the latest turn of events we can finally get some closure."
Mr Ruston said his brother's "spirit" had touched many lives and that his legacy "lived on by his children".
