Sword Boys is a street gang in Perth, consisting mostly of Lebanese Australians, that has been known to authorities since mid 1990s. Gang members have been reported to wear a miniature gold scimitar on a chain around their necks.
Sword Boys has been responsible for a small amount of poor quality amphetamine and ecstasy distribution in Western Australia, and has also been linked to car rebirthing by Western Sydney gangs, where stolen cars are stripped and reassembled. Also, they are suspected of fixing a professional boxing fight, between Danny Green and Paul Briggs.
Famous quotes containing the words sword and/or boys:
“Another hand thy sword shall wield,
Another hand the standard wave,
Till from the trumpet’s mouth is pealed
The blast of triumph o’er thy grave.”
—William Cullen Bryant (1794–1878)
“I have ventured
Like little wanton boys that swim on bladders,
This many summers in a sea of glory,
But far beyond my depth. My high-blown pride
At length broke under me and now has left me,
Weary and old with service, to the mercy
Of a rude stream that must forever hide me.”
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616)