Mejid Hamzy seen as ‘expendable’ in international drug operation
Slain underworld figure Mejid Hamzy was used as a patsy in an international drug deal, a court was told, as his mugshot and details of how he beat charges can now be revealed.
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Slain underworld figure Mejid Hamzy was used as a patsy by ruthless drug lords who smuggled 5kg of pure ice into Australia, a court was told.
The details of how the older sibling of Brothers For Life boss Bassam Hamzy beat the drug charges can now be revealed along with the police mugshots he posed for at Bankstown Police Station after his arrest in 2012.
He was “expendable” and faced the same fate as another witness in a drug trial who was murdered for speaking out, the NSW District Court was told.
Hamzy and another man, Marco Romolo, 36, were arrested after the methamphetamine was found in small vacuum-sealed bags hidden among jeans, T-shirts and other clothing sent in three boxes from California addressed to a Peter Suca.
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The two men were charged with jointly importing drugs and received separate trials.
Romolo was acquitted on appeal and charges against Hamzy were dropped after a prosecution bungle following a hung jury.
The real Peter Suca had nothing to do with the drugs and the two men were alleged to have used his name in mobile phone conversations and via email to get the boxes delivered.
The men, who pleaded not guilty, said they did not know each other and could not have “agreed” under the law to have imported any drugs.
Police investigating Hamzy’s death arrested a 25-year-old man and seized a pistol on Tuesday morning.
Officers from Strike Force Raptor raided a home on Market Street at Condell Park just before 7am, where they found a Glock pistol under a lounge cushion and an unidentified white powder.
A 25-year-old man was arrested at the home and taken to Bankstown Police Station, where he was charged with several offences including possess unauthorised prohibited firearm.
He was refused bail to appear in court today.
It’s understood the arrest is connected to the investigation into the murder of Hamzy, but the man is not believed to be linked to the shooting itself.
Hamzy was gunned down near his car about 7.30am on October 19 by two men wearing balaclavas, who police believe may have been professional killers.
Police said at the time they believed there was a “very real” threat of retribution, and less than a week later, the man’s cousin, Mohammed ‘Little Crazy’ Hamzy was stabbed at John Morony Correctional Centre at Windsor.
His wounds were not fatal and he was taken to Westmead Hospital in a stable condition.