Police charge Khaled Zreika over alleged Ibrahem Hamze murder plot

A Sydney man has been charged over an alleged plot to kill one of the Hamze family engulfed in Sydney’s gangland wars.

A Sydney man has been charged over an alleged plot to kill one of the Hamze family engulfed in Sydney’s gangland wars.

Khaled Zreika is accused of carrying out surveillance on Ibrahem Hamze over a two-month period in 2021 to try and find him after police allegedly foiled an attempt on his life months earlier.

It’s believe Hamze was the target of two masked men who were allegedly on their way to kill him when police noticed them in a stolen Mercedes in Walker St, North Sydney, on August 14.

The vehicle refused to stop and ran a red light before getting a flat tyre. The men then allegedly carjacked a Toyota Camry.

One of the men was later arrested.

Ibrahem Hamze (right) leaving Central Local Court with his lawyer Fadi Abbas in 2021. Picture: NCA NewsWire

Police arrest a man over an alleged plot to murder Hamze in 2021. Picture: NSW Police

Zreika has been charged with conspiracy to murder and participate in a criminal group.

Documents tendered to Parramatta Local Court on Friday indicate police will allege Zreika, 24, conspired or agreed to murder Hamze over a period between October and November 2021.

Zreika did not apply for bail through his solicitor Abdul Saddik and it was formally refused, with a brief to be served by September 5.

Detectives from the State Crime Squad have been investigating the activities of alleged crime groups involved in a series of shootings and murders since 2019 under Strikeforce Newnham.

Since that time, strike force detectives have made over 20 arrests, laid 90 charges, and seized numerous firearms, luxury jewellery, illicit drugs, more than $500,00 cash and over 20 high-performance vehicles to the value of $2.5 million.

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