A secret tunnel out of John Ibrahim’s Sydney luxury mansion was allegedly found by police during last week’s drug raids.
The Kings Cross nightclub identity’s Dover Heights home was searched by dozens of federal police officers on August 8 and the tunnel, believed to begin in the double garage, leads to a park behind the property and is disguised by shrubs, The Daily Telegraph reported.
Following the raids, which targeted an alleged worldwide drug operation, rumours of the passageway began to circulate.
A secret tunnel out of John Ibrahim’s Sydney luxury mansion was allegedly found by police during last week’s raids at the property
Officers spent hours painstakingly combing the multi-million dollar waterfront home – perched on a clifftop in Sydney’s Dover Heights
Following the raids, which targeted an alleged worldwide drug operation, rumours of the tunnel at Ibrahim’s home began to circulate. Ibrahim wasn’t charged over the raids.
Ibrahim wasn’t charged after the raids, however his brothers Michael and Fadi were arrested in Dubai.
Ibrahim’s son, Daniel, and his 27-year-old girlfriend, Sarah Budge, were also arrested and released on Bail in Sydney last week.
An inside source has confirmed to The Daily Telegraph a tunnel at the property exists and was built in 2007 when Ibrahim installed a pool. It was suggested the passageway doubles up as a quick escape route for guests and gives access to the pool’s filters.
The exit of the alleged tunnel is disguised in a concrete wall covered by vines, and only has two hinges showing.
To access from the outside, one must veer from a public coastal path into bushes, The Daily Telegraph reports.
In his book The Last King of the X, Ibrahim makes reference to a potential passageway beneath his home which helps him avoid attention.
‘The police and the media are all over my s***, and I have to use different ways to leave my house and make phone calls because the surveillance is constant,’ an extract reads.
The alleged tunnel is believed to begin in the property’s double garage and end in a nearby park
To access the alleged tunnel from the outside, one has to veer from a public coastal path into overgrown bushes. Pictured: AFP police raiding Ibrahim’s property
An inside source has confirmed to The Daily Telegraph a tunnel at the property exists and was built in 2007 when Ibrahim installed a pool (pictured) on the plot
The nightlife identity’s Dover Heights home was raided by federal police officers on August 8
There is no mention of the tunnel in paperwork for extensive renovations Ibrahim has submitted to the council for approval on several occasions.
A council spokeswoman said the council had no information of a tunnel at the Ibrahim property, while a spokesman for the AFP refused to comment.
The exit of the alleged secret tunnel ends in a cliff-side public park. Pictured: John Ibrahim’s mansion
AFP officers during the raid at Ibrahim’s property. The entrance to the tunnel is covered by overgrown vines
Officers spent hours painstakingly searching every inch of Ibrahim’s Dover Heights home