Drug raids: What we know about those targeted by police
RAIDS in Sydney and arrests in Dubai have targeted major international drug syndicates. This is what we know about the people targeted by police.
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RAIDS in Sydney and arrests in Dubai have targeted major international drug syndicates. This is what we know about the people targeted by police:
Fadi Ibrahim
He was arrested in Dubai alongside brother Michael. Fadi Ibrahim is the third eldest of the brothers.
His low public profile changed in 2009 after he was shot five times when ambushed by a gunman as he sat with his now wife Shayda Bastani in a parked Lamborghini outside their Castle Cove home in 2009.
Shayda, who was his girlfriend at the time, was shot in the thigh.
No one has ever been charged.
Last year, he sold the extravagant five-bedroom property with its marble and travertine flooring, swimming pool with water feature and 16-camera security system with fingerprint entry.
In June, Fadi was linked to the mysterious sale of a waterfront mansion owned by Jamelie Lahood
The younger Ibrahim appeared in the NSW Supreme Court, with his lawyers arguing he had a stake in the property, with Ms Lahood owing him $2.9 million in loans secured by a caveat over the Yowie Bay home.
The court agreed to extend the caveat, so long as Fadi paid the missing stamp duty on it.
Mustapha Dib
He was arrested at Dubai as he dined with the Ibrahim brothers.
The 34-year-old, whose nickname is “Fairy”, walked free from Goulburn Jail in February last year after his convictions for the murder of 20-year-old pregnant Anita Vrzina and the wounding of his former schoolmate Ahmed Banat were quashed by the Court of Criminal Appeal, with an acquittal entered in their place.
The panel of three judges found that the jury should not have concluded Dib was guilty beyond reasonable doubt, after Banat repeatedly said under oath that the gunman wore a balaclava, contradicting a statement he gave to police while in hospital.
Dib had earlier served time after pleading guilty to the stabbing manslaughter of 14-year-old Edward Lee. He was released on parole in August 2009.
John Ibrahim
His multimillion-dollar home at Dover Heights is being raided. He is known as “King of the Cross” and “Teflon John”. Recently released an autobiography of his life.
Michael Ibrahim
He was arrested in Dubai alongside his brother Fadi. Michael is the youngest Ibrahim brother. Michael and his brother Fadi Ibrahim attended the funeral of Wally Ahmad in 2016, brother of Rocky Ahmad. Wally was assassinated at Bankstown.
Daniel Ibrahim
The 27-year-old son of John Ibrahim, he was arrested in Sydney. He recently served a stint in the Australian Army. He was raised by his mother in Queensland but moved to live near his father in Sydney’s east.
Steven Fawaz Elmir
He was arrested in Dubai. He fled Australia shortly after his brother-in-law Safwan Charbaji was fatally shot outside a smash repair business in Condell Park on April 9, 2016.
Ahmad “Rock” Ahmad
He was arrested at Carnation St, Bankstown.
He is the brother of slain standover man Walid “Wally” Ahmad who was shot dead at Bankstown Central shopping centre on April 29 2016. Believed to be a revenge killing for Charbaji’s death.
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