Bikie hunk Hasan Topal had contract on his life

Comanchero wild man and murder suspect Hasan Topal was the target of a planned hit by powerful organised crime figures — but the former model fled Australia just in time.

A contract was put on the life of Comanchero wild man Hasan Topal in the period before he left Australia.

The Saturday Herald Sun has been told powerful Middle-eastern organised crime figures wanted to have the former male model murdered.

The reason is unknown but it was clear Topal had upset some dangerous people before his departure for Turkey in 2019.

He left the country not long after being released from prison over a brutal strip club brawl in Canberra.

Comanchero bikie Hasan Topal.

Topal upset some dangerous people before he left Australia.

The Herald Sun this week revealed Topal is under police investigation over the 2017 mistaken-identity murders of Muhammed Yucel at Keysborough and Zabi Ezedyar at Narre Warren.

The intended targets were connected to the Mongols OMCG.

The same weapon used to kill Mr Ezedyar was also used in the wounding of two Bandido bikies on the Bolte Bridge, the shooting of a senior Comanchero and a drive-by attack on a Richmond business.

It can also be revealed the Bandidos suspected the Comanchero as having been behind two drive-by shootings targeting its gang in 2017.

Hasan Topal upset some dangerous people before he left Australia.

Topal was thought to be the triggerman who shot three Bandidos outside the Brunswick clubhouse in Weston St in April, 2017, before a second drive-by on the Bolte Bridge three months later in July.

Malcolm Vaughan, who was later turfed from the Bandidos in “bad standing”, was shot in the chest while another member was also wounded.

The Bandidos, however, did not get an opportunity to “square up”.

Topal took a lower profile following the Canberra strip club brawl in which he bashed another Comanchero unconscious.

He was sentenced to 10 months in jail in November 2018.

Police at the scene where a Bandidos bikie was killed on the Bolte Bridge. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

The scene of the drive-by shooting on the Bolte Bridge. Picture: Jake Nowakowski

Sources say Topal is overseas “long term” unless authorities extradite him to Australia.

Topal remains somewhere in Europe.

The Saturday Herald Sun has been told he has been looking into ways to remotely become involved in the Australian drug market.

It is unclear whether Topal remains on good terms with his Melbourne-based Comanchero comrades.

Comanchero president Mick Murray, who has confronted internal power struggles in recent years, remains in charge of the violent organised crime outfit.

Detective Inspector Tim Day of the homicide squad this week indicated some elements of the gang were unhappy about the bungled Yucel and Ezedyar killings.

“The actions of one individual in particular has brought scrutiny upon the club, and we know there is angst among members of the club because of this,” Insp. Day said.

Topal is said to have been spending time in Turkey and Greece since leaving Melbourne.

Australia has an extradition treaty with Turkey for offenders charged with serious offences but this is by no means automatic.

Authorities have so far been unable to have terrorist Neil Prakash brought back here.