On Monday,detectives arrested a 28-year-old man at a correctional centre in Wellington,NSW,and charged him with conspiring and agreeing to murder,knowingly dealing with the proceeds of crime and participating in a criminal group.
Police said in January they had busted a plot by a breakaway cell from one of Sydney’s largest criminal syndicates to allegedly kill four members of the rap squad,as part of a murder contract taken out by another criminal network.
Brandon Masueli,a 26-year-old alleged member of the cell,and Yousef Rima,20,were arrested in south-west Sydney and charged with conspiracy to murder,kidnap and commit armed robbery among other firearm and drug charges.
At the time,head of the organised crime squad Detective Superintendent Peter Faux said they would arrest another two men and had taken out a warrant for the arrest of another man on the run overseas.
“They’d done surveillance on the intended victims;they’re following the intended victims on social media. They are extremely committed and are extremely organised,” Faux alleged.
“We’ve seized firearms which were intended to be used in this plot. We’ve seized stolen motor vehicles which they had stolen and placed in respect to using in the intended murder,” he further alleged.