Stolen Mercedes linked to hit on underworld figure Walid Ahmad

EXCLUSIVE: A criminal syndicate which allegedly broke into homes across Sydney stealing high-performance cars allegedly onsold a luxury Mercedes used in the gangland execution of Walid Ahmad.

A CRIMINAL syndicate which allegedly broke into homes across Sydney stealing high-performance cars allegedly onsold a luxury Mercedes used in the gangland execution of Walid Ahmad.

Yesterday morning, police swooped on two men during raids on homes at Plumpton and Greystanes following an investigation into the theft of luxury cars in Sydney and on the Central Coast.

Walid "Wally" Ahmad was shot dead in broad daylight at Bankstown Central

Hitman Hamad Assaad is believed to have carried out the hit on Ahmad.

A man is arrested over a criminal syndicate which allegedly targeted high-performance cars across Sydney.

At least 11 high-performance cars, five trail bikes, and other property valued at more than $680,000 were allegedly stolen.

The two men, aged 21 and 20, were charged with a host of offences and will face court later today.

Investigators believe that the stolen vehicles were then onsold and used in the commission of a number of other serious offences, of which the investigations are ongoing.

CCTV shows a hooded figure approach Walid Ahmad at Centro Bankstown.

Ahmad can be seen lying on the ground before the hitman shoots him.

The Daily Telegraph can reveal one of those was a white Mercedes AMG which was sold and then used in the hit on underworld figure Walid ‘Mr Big’ Ahmad. There is no suggestion that the two men arrested yesterday had any knowledge of what the vehicle intended to be used for.

Ahmad was shot dead in broad daylight at Centro Bankstown in April 2016.

He died in a hail of bullets as he and two others were ambushed by a masked gunman on the rooftop carpark.

Ahmad, a Mr Big among Sydney’s Middle Eastern crime gangs, was on the run after the fatal shooting of Safwan Charbaji in 2016.

A white Mercedes was used as the getaway vehicle and was later found burnt out. Today it emerged the car was stolen by a criminal syndicate which targeted high-performance cars. Picture Craig Greenhill

The Mercedes was used as a getaway car and was later found burned out in nearby Greenacre.

It is understood that Ahmad was gunned down by hitman Hamad Assaad who was himself shot dead on the driveway of his Georges Hall home.

The 29-year-old had boasted about the men he had killed, with a tattoo around his neck reading, “Executioner” and below that on his chest he had inscribed; “The souls I have taken will never haunt me … only the ones I haven’t will …”

In the two years prior to his murder, Assaad, is believed to have shot and wounded convicted killer Michael Ibrahim, well-known Sydney identity Pasquale Barbaro, and the mother and aunt of one of Australia’s most feared criminals, Bassam Hamzy.

Hitman Hamad Assaad was gunned down in the driveway of his Georges Hall home.