Sydney rapper Ali ‘Ay Huncho’ Younges surrenders to police

A wanted Sydney rapper has surrendered to police but his solicitor has maintained ‘Ay Huncho’ was not “on the run.” Here’s why.

A prominent Sydney rapper and member of the Alameddine crime clan has handed himself in to police, but three of his associates remain on the run.

Ali Younes - best known by his rap name “Ay Huncho” - walked into Parramatta Police Station about 8.30am on Thursday, facing charges of affray, causing grievous bodily harm and participating in a criminal group.

He was accompanied to the police station by his lawyer Abdul Saddik who told The Daily Telegraph his client was not on the run, but rather “on holiday outside Sydney”.

Ali Younes.

The rapper had been wanted by police for 24 hours.

Younes’ best mate and high-ranking Alameddine member Masood Zakaria remains a wanted man on charges of conspiracy to murder over the attempted assassination of rival gang kingpin Ibrahem Hamze in North Sydney on August 14.

NSW Police Criminal Groups Squad boss Detective Superintendent Grant Taylor said they were also hunting other Alameddine members whose whereabouts were also unknown.

“I can say there is a number of other individuals connected to this criminal syndicate who we believe are also on the run,” Criminal Groups Squad boss Detective Superintendent Grant Taylor said.

“This syndicate had the misconception they were running the Sydney criminal milieu, they are not, they are just running.

“There is no doubt this syndicate is fracturing, they are on the run, they are in total disarray and they have nowhere to go.”

Det Supt Taylor admitted police have “no real idea” of Zakaria’s current location, but said the belief of detectives is that he “intends to flee” the country.

NSW Police raided 13 properties across Sydney on Wednesday as part of their “overt” crackdown on the Alameddine clan. Guns, cash, drugs and dedicated encrypted devices were seized, while two people were arrested.