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:
“Put up again thy sword into his place: for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.”
—Bible: New Testament Jesus, in Matthew, 26:52.
“And here we have that splendid family
I never ran to when I got depressed,
The boys all biceps and the girls all chest....”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)