Comanchero bikie Tarek Zahed was ‘at threat’ from Bassam Hamzy and his brother

Two of the most powerful members of the Hamzy crime network named Comanchero enforcer Tarek Zahed as a marked man long before the current bounty was placed on his head.

Two of the most powerful members of the Hamzy crime network named Comanchero enforcer Tarek Zahed as a marked man long before the current bounty was placed on his head.

Zahed is the latest underworld figure to be revealed as a marked target in the wake of

Mahmoud “Brownie” Ahmad was gunned down in a late night assassination on a suburban street in Greenacre on April 27.

Both police and underworld sources confirmed they were aware of the bounty on Zahed’s head, but there is widespread debate over who is behind it.

The Daily Telegraph can reveal that in 2020 police intercepted a phone call between NSW’s most infamous prisoner Bassam Hamzy and his brother Ghassan Amoun.

The call occurred in October 2020, with Hamzy on the phone to his brother from Goulburn Supermax jail.

Designer-loving bikie Tarek Zahed leaves the Downing Centre in 2021. Picture: Christian Gilles

“Hamzy called his brother Ghassan Amoun on 14/10/2020,” the documents from the NSW Supreme Court state.

“Hamzy asked Amoun to contact Emad Sleiman and ‘tell him straight out is he speaking with Tarek Zahed, if he is, get Tarek Zahed’s number off him’.

Court documents reveal NSW Police believed Zahed was “at risk” from Bassam Hamzy and his older brother Ghassan Amoun.

Ghassan Amoun was on the other end of the phone to his infamous older brother in October 2020, less than a year-and-a-half before he would be shot dead in the street. Picture: Facebook

“Amoun said Zahed was in jail, but Hamzy said Zahed was definitely not in jail.

“It was highly likely Zahed was at risk from Hamzy and Hamzy’s associates in the community.”

The phone call occurred 15 months before Amoun, then 35, would be killed after himself being told by NSW Police detectives that he was at risk from his enemies.

Amoun’s death is believed to be the latest incident in the ongoing feud between the Hamzy and Alameddine crime clans.

Zahed has been touted as the potential next president of the Comanchero OMCG before his assassination.

Comanchero OMCG sergeant-at-arms Tarek Zahed. Picture: TikTok

One of the most interesting factors in the whole conflict between the Hamzys and Alameddines has been a union between the latter clan and the Comanchero bikie gang — of which Zahed is a chance to become boss.

With the bikie gang’s current president Mick Murray behind bars on remand over a charge of murder, the position at the top of the leadership is open.

Zahed is a likely choice as a close ally of exiled powerful Comanchero and drug kingpin Mark Buddle, and a key gang member in NSW — with many friends south of the border in Victoria.

His Victorian relationships have only developed further in recent months as he moved to the state because of a crackdown from NSW Police that made his life in his home state unbearable.