KVT teen gangsters arrested at Auburn and Merrylands in underworld war crackdown

Several teenagers got a rude awakening as masked Raptor Squad officers burst through the doors of their family homes in Sydney’s west at dawn. See the vision.

Two teenagers have been among several men targeted in early morning raids for their alleged involvement in a Royal Easter Show brawl and being in the KVT street gang, as police continue their efforts to stop Sydney’s underworld war.

One 18-year-old got a rude awakening in the form of masked Raptor Squad officers who burst through the door of his family’s Auburn weatherboard home about 6.05am on Tuesday.

Sitting barefoot in his driveway with a KVT hooded jumper on, he smiled and laughed as he was walked off into the back of a police van in front of The Daily Telegraph’s cameras.

NSW Police allege that at the Royal Easter Show in 2021 – when the man was a youth – he attacked a rival and filmed it on his mobile phone.

Also allegedly captured in the video of the wild brawl was another fresh 18-year-old, who was marched out of his parents’ Merrylands home as the sun came up.

Raptor Squad officers arrest an 18-year-old with alleged links to street gang KVT at his Auburn home as police continue raids across Sydney. Picture: Jeremy Piper

The teenager got a rude awakening in the form of the masked Raptor Squad officers who burst through the door of his family’s Auburn weatherboard home at dawn on Tuesday. Picture: Jeremy Piper

Wearing a KVT jacket, the man is led away by NSW Police officers. Picture: Jeremy Piper

Initially unimpressed at being manhandled by two large Raptor Squad officers, he turned to uncooperative when questioned by detectives.

The young man was shown video on a laptop by detectives as his mother stood by his side and asked if he remembered the incident.

“It’s hard to remember if you don’t look at it,” a Detective told the teen.

It is alleged the brawl occurred in the toilet block at the Royal Easter Show on April 12, 2021.

One of those involved was allegedly wearing a black cap while another was wearing a hooded jumper.

Police have long alleged the KVT are the muscle for the Alameddine clan, carrying out attacks and stealing cars used in the assassinations of the rich crime syndicate’s rivals.

A few suburbs away in Merrylands, another 18-year-old was arrested over the same brawl from April 2021. Picture: Jeremy Piper

Police allege the KVT street gang carries out crimes on behalf of the notorious Alameddine clan. Picture: Jeremy Piper

“Investigators are examining significant amounts of intelligence gathered in the last week, and as such, we’ve identified offences and acted instantly with these arrests today,” Detective Chief Superintendent Darren Bennett told The Daily Telegraph.

“They get used as a workforce by other gangs for car theft and the like.

“We’re just doing what we can to exorcise their influence a little bit, we’ve got a range of strategies.

“We’ve stopped a lot of murders, we have, but everyone forgets that in two seconds and rightfully so – I’m happy for people to keep scrutinising us.”