Police called to home of Ahmad family member amid gangland tensions

Police were called to the street of a relative of slain gangland boss Mahmoud “Brownie” Ahmad this week over fears he could have been the next target for an underworld hit.

Police already on edge over a spate of gangland shootings rushed to the home of a member of the Ahmad family this week over concerns he was a target.

Police sources said the possible target is a relative of slain underworld figure Mahmoud “Brownie” Ahmad who died in a hail of bullets in Greenacre last year.

It is understood officers went to the Revesby home of the man, in his 30s, on Tuesday night after neighbours reported a suspicious car in their street.

When police arrived, a check on the vehicle confirmed the car had recently been stolen.

The use of stolen cars, and stashing them near targets, has been a tactic used in multiple gangland killings since the slayings began in 2020.

Ahmad died despite police warning there were fears for his life.

Drivers licence photo of Mahmoud "Brownie" Ahmad Picture supplied to Josh Hanrahan

After this week’s death of Ferenc David Stemler a total of 23 people have died as a result of the war over Sydney’s drug trade.

The Ahmads became embroiled in the conflict last year when feared boss Mahmoud “Brownie” Ahmad was killed despite warnings from police his life was in danger.

“Brownie” was shot on Narelle Cres, Greenacre, the same street where criminal lawyer Mahmoud Abbas was shot this week.

Ahmad was considered a feared enforcer in the underworld before his death.

Ahmad, 39, remained in Sydney but moved between multiple properties in a failed attempt to dodge his enemies.

At the time he was extorting underworld figures, in one incident going so far as to order men to break into one man’s business in south-west Sydney.

Weeks later his step-nephew Rami Iskander was gunned down in Belmore in what was considered by underworld sources as a pre-emptive strike to stop the Ahmad’s retaliating for the death of Mahmoud Ahmad.

His brother, Youssef Ahmad, had his parole revoked last year and is serving the remainder of a drug sentence over police concerns he was plotting to kill members of the Comanchero as revenge for deaths of Mahmoud Ahmad and Iskander.

He is set to be released next July.

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