NSW’s most wanted criminals: Massive cash rewards

Massive cash rewards are on offer for information leading to the arrest of NSW’s top five suspects who have eluded detectives, vanishing into communities living among everyday Australians. SEE WHO THE TOP FIVE MOST WANTED ARE IN NSW

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These are the top five suspects who have eluded NSW detectives, vanishing into communities without a trace.

They are wanted for questioning over murder, drugs, car rebirthing and dealing with proceeds of crime.

Basheerruddin Mohammed

Basheerruddin Mohammed

Date Of Birth: 08/01/1979

Gender Male

Build: Thin

Eyes: Dark Brown

Hair: Black

Height: 165-170cm

Appearance: Indian/Sub-Continental

Skin Tone: Dark

Wanted For: 2003 murder of a man in Redfern

The NSW Government is offering a $100 000 reward for information leading to an arrest of Mohammed wanted over the 2003 murder of 31-year-old Shoukat Mohammed.

About 10pm on 29 June 2003, Shoukat Mohammed’s body was found inside a sleeping bag in wheelie bin on James Street, Redfern. The victim was drugged and assaulted before being strangled to death.

Detective Inspector Despa Fitzgerald, Crime Manager at Redfern Local Area Command, says it is important that Basheeruddin Mohammed is located as soon as possible.

“This was a brutal crime and it is in the public interest that we apprehend this man quickly.

Brady Hamilton

Brady Hamilton

Date Of Birth: 18/3/1968

Gender Male

Build: Medium

Eyes: Blue/grey

Hair: Red/ginger

Height: 185cm

Appearance: Caucasian

Skin Tone: Fair complexion

Distinguishing features: Heavily tattooed chest.

Wanted For: In relation to the 1999 bashing murder of a man at Erskine Park.

Brady Hamilton was a trusted enforcer for the Comanchero hierarchy when he was ordered to “discipline” a fellow bikie after a disagreement over a motorbike swap.

Hamilton, another known Comanchero Ian Clissold, and an associate gave Peter Ledger a beating in August 1999.

But the punishment got out of hand and Ledger was killed, his body dumped outside a home in Erskine Park.

Clissold pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was sentenced to 16 years in jail. Hamilton went on the run — and has been running ever since and today is now considered one of the most wanted criminals in NSW.

“We believe it was meant to be a beating that went too far,” Homicide Squad Detective Senior-Sergeant Mark Dukes said. “A couple of days after Ledger was killed he fled Sydney and hasn’t been seen since.”

Hakan Ayik

Hakan Ayik

Date Of Birth: 31/01/1979

Gender Male

Build: Muscular

Eyes: Brown

Hair: Black

Height: 175cm to 180cm

Appearance: Middle Eastern / Mediterranean

Skin Tone: Olive complexion

Distinguishing features: Heavily tattooed right arm and chest.

Wanted For: Supply of large commercial quantities of drugs.

There are three outstanding warrants for his arrest on charges of supplying about $230 million worth of heroin which arrived at Port Botany from Bangkok in July 2010.

He is of Middle Eastern appearance and has a heavily tattooed right arm and chest.

The fugitive drug dealer dubbed the Facebook Gangster, has taunted police on social media, which show him driving luxury sports cars and partying with prostitutes.

He has emerged as the nation’s number one drugs trafficker, co-ordinating mass shipments of cocaine and methamphetamine to Australia from his hideaway base in Turkey.

It is understood despite an Interpol arrest warrant, the former Sydney-based Comanchero bikie continues to travel on a fake passport from his home in Istanbul, including trips about Asia where he has established a strong support base with Triad meth-making groups.

He is a dual citizen and remains out of reach of law enforcement since Turkey does not extradite its citizens.

James Dalamangas

James Dalamangas

Date Of Birth: 12/10/1970

Gender Male

Reward: $200,000

Wanted For: Wanted in relation to murder offences.

A $200,000 reward is available for information which may lead to the arrest of Dalamangas.

Dalamangas has been living in Athens since he fled Australia in 1999, initially to work as a bouncer in the Greek capital before quickly moving back into the local criminal milieu.

In 1997, the dual national was suspected in the execution-style murder of bouncer and concreter Tim Voukelatos, shot five times in the head as he sat in his car in the Sydney suburb of Campsie.

Two years later Dalamangas allegedly stabbed to death father of two George Giannopoulos who had been innocently attempting to intervene in a fight between Dalamangas and another male in a fight at a Greek community evening at a Sydney nightclub. The 32-year-old gentle giant George was knifed in the neck and stomach at the Pariziana club at Belmore in Sydney’s south west.

Dalamangas then used a false passport to get out of the country. He has been described by those that knew him and also investigated him as one of the most violent people they have ever encountered.

Mohamad Maksoud

Mohamad Maksoud

Date Of Birth: 21/09/1978

Gender Male

Build: Medium

Height: 175cm to 180cm

Appearance: Middle Eastern

Wanted For: Knowingly facilitate organised car rebirthing activity, knowingly deal with proceeds of crime, receiving and disposing of stolen property.

Mohamad Maksoud is alleged to have participated in a large scale car rebirthing operation between June and August 2010.

Have you seen any of these people?

Never approach, contact or attempt to apprehend a wanted person. If you sight or are aware of the whereabouts of a wanted person you should telephone:

Crime Stoppers 1800 333 000, triple-0 (000) or your local police station.

Originally published as NSW’s most wanted criminals: Massive cash rewards