Palm Springs police arrested more than 20 members of the Mongols Motorcycle Club over the weekend on suspicion of weapons and drug offenses, DUI and outstanding warrants during the group’s national meeting, police said Tuesday.

About 1,000 members arrived Friday at Hotel Zoso for their annual national gathering to “elect a president,” according to Police Chief Andrew Mills.

The Mongols, considered an international outlaw motorcycle gang, prompted a large law enforcement response from multiple agencies.

Among those arrested was Abedino Jacobo Candelario, 24, who was booked Saturday into the Benoit Detention Center on suspicion of possessing methamphetamine, police said. He was released the same day on $5,000 bail.

Police said three people — Charlotte Pine, 48, Douglas Wong, 48, and Anth

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