NSW Police chopper footage shows dramatic arrest of three men after alleged Merrylands shooting

Incredible video recorded from a police chopper shows officers tracking and arresting three men accused of shooting up a home linked to an alleged crime boss.

Remarkable video footage has emerged of the dramatic chase and arrest of three men accused of shooting up a home linked to an alleged Sydney gangland figure.

The shooting happened about 9.20am, with police officers called to the Earl St home in Merrylands in the city’s west.

Bullets were fired at the house, but nobody was inside at the time.

Ali Elmoubayed, an alleged member of the Alameddine enterprise, is linked to the address but dodged the shooting after reportedly leaving beforehand for the Parramatta Magistrates Court to request a change of bail address.

A short time later, a burning Porsche was located in Beverley Crescent in Chester Hill, NSW Police said.

NSW Polair captures a burning car on the streets of western Sydney. Picture: NSW Police

The three men tried to escape in a blue Hyundai. Picture: NSW Police

“The group left Chester Hill in a Hyundai before being arrested on McMahon Rd in Yagoona trying to flee from police on foot,” police said in a statement.

“They remain in police custody.”

Footage captured by the NSW Police chopper unit shows the Porsche burning in the street, with black smoke billowing out across the western Sydney suburb.

Police officers then track the blue Hyundai as it races through the streets.

The three men, aged 20, 22 and 24, abandon the vehicle and try to run away, but are quickly apprehended by officers in the backyards of homes.

The shooting has been referred to Taskforce Falcon and crime scenes have been established at both locations.

The men abandoned their car and tried to run away on foot. Picture: NSW Police

Ali Elmoubayed visited the Parramatta Local Court on Thursday. Picture: NewsWire / Nikki Short

The taskforce is being led by State Crime Command with the NSW Crime Commission to investigate and suppress violent crime in the Sydney metropolitan area.

Taskforce Falcon Commander Detective Superintendent Jason Box addressed the media in the afternoon and said the shooting had the potential to be fatal.

“There’s always the possibility it could be fatal, or someone seriously injured,” he said.

He said he expected the men to be charged with firearms offences alongside other possible offences.

Superintendent Box added the police had not yet found anything to suggest the three men were “affiliated or part of an organised crime network”.

Originally published as NSW Police chopper footage shows dramatic arrest of three men after alleged Merrylands shooting