Abdullah and Osman Kammoun sentenced for drug supply

A serving Sydney police officer and his brother made thousands of drug transactions while directing a dial-a-dealer syndicate, warehousing their goods at their own parents’ home.

A former police officer and his brother have been sentenced for directing a dial-a-dealer drug syndicate in Sydney’s southwest. (AAP Image/Justin Sanson)

A serving Sydney police officer caught running a dial-a-dealer drug syndicate which conducted thousands of transactions has acknowledged his colossal “fall from grace”, a court has heard.

Abdullah Kammoun, 33, was once a respected senior constable in the NSW Police Force’s Transport Command in Sydney’s southwest.

He has now been in protective custody at a NSW prison since August 2022 after police smashed a drug syndicate directed by him and his brother Osman.

The pair ultimately pleaded guilty to supplying just under 17.4kg of cannabis across 2590 transactions which netted them $247,340 between June and August 2022.

The court was also asked to consider two additional cannabis supplies in its overall sentence, along with a further charge of supplying 65.5g of cocaine only for Abdullah.

At Parramatta District Court on Tuesday, Judge Mark Buscombe outlined how the pair conducted their syndicate like a business – with a run phone, shifts and employees.

“Osman was identified as the controller of the phone between 9.30am and 1 or 3pm, and Abdullah was identified as the controller between 1 or 3pm until 8pm,” Judge Buscombe said.

Abdullah Kammoun has now been dismissed from the NSW Police Force. Picture: NCA Newswire / Gaye Gerard

The judge said customers would send requests for cannabis to the run phone before Osman or Abdullah organised the supplies with a runner through the same phone.

“On four occasions in June 2022, they sent out a bulk advertisement message to their customer base, containing a list of strains for sale,” Judge Buscombe said.

“They included Granddaddy Purple, White Widow and Motor Breath.”

Judge Buscombe said the pair had a customer base of more than 800 people and all new customers had to be verified by an existing customer before they could make purchases.

The brothers stored their drugs in a shed at their parents’ Lurnea home, where police located tens of thousands of dollars cash and cannabis.

The Kammouns’ parents have not been charged with any offences and it is not suggested they were aware of their sons’ criminal activities.

The brothers both pleaded guilty to three counts of indictable cannabis supply and one count of dealing with crime proceeds.

They both asked the court to take two further cannabis supply charges and one of participating in a criminal group into account, in addition to Abdullah’s cocaine supply charge.

The pair pleaded guilty to supplying several kilograms of cannabis.

At the time he committed the offences, Abdullah was on sick leave with workers’ compensation and reported experiencing paranoia and depression to a psychologist.

The court previously heard Osman claimed to have a $180,000 drug debt after finding himself associating with an anti-social crowd during the Covid-19 lockdowns.

Both brothers said their offending was motivated by financial gain.

“The affidavits of Abdullah’s family and friends indicate he is remorseful for his offending, and that he recognises what a significant fall from grace it is,” Judge Buscombe said.

“(A report indicates) Osman (previously) downplayed the severity (of his offending) and considered his lack of stable finances as the reason for his offending – he later expresses his remorse.”

Abdullah’s employment with the NSW Police Force has now been terminated, and the court accepted he had experienced onerous conditions in custody as he was segregated for his safety due to his previous employment.

The court also acknowledged Osman committed these offences while he was subject to an intensive correction order for resisting police, prohibited drug supply and possession, goods in custody and dealing with crime proceeds.

The pair faced Parramatta District Court on Tuesday. (AAP Image/Margaret Scheikowski)

Abdullah was convicted and sentenced to three years and four months’ imprisonment with a two year non-parole period, making him eligible for release on August 24.

Osman was convicted and sentenced to three years and eight months’ imprisonment with a two year and three month non-parole period, making him eligible for release on March 30 next year.

He was also sentenced to a supervised two-year community correction order for driving while disqualified, and disqualified from driving for four months upon his release from custody.