A senior Comanchero bikie was arrested and a loaded revolver and half a kilogram of cocaine seized as police investigated a gangland execution.
The raid followed eight men being charged on Thursday with the murder of Mehmet Yilmaz, who was gunned down on a Western Sydney street last year.
As part of six raids that arrested those suspects, detectives searched an industrial unit in St Marys and a car parked outside.
Comanchero bikie was arrested and a loaded revolver seized as police investigated a gangland execution on Thursday
Officers also found half a kilogram of cocaine in the raid and charged the bikie for possessing it, steroids, and a string of firearms crimes
They seized a loaded .357 Smith and Wesson magnum revolver, more than 500g of cocaine, a ballistic vest, drug paraphernalia, steroids, and Alprazolam.
The 35-year-old bikie, who was subject to a firearms prohibition order, was arrested and refused bail in Penrith Local Court on Friday morning.
He was charged with possessing a prohibited weapon, possessing prohibited drugs and restricted substances, and four other firearms crimes.
Police also reported unlawful construction within one of the units, residential quarters in contravention of the development application, and multiple fire safety breaches, which will undergo further investigation.
Detectives will also further investigate the cocaine.
Raid was part of investigation into the murder of Mehmet Yilmaz, 29, who was shot at point-blank range in front of his fiancee while getting into his car in St Marys last year
Yilmaz, 29, was shot at point-blank range in front of his fiancee while getting into his car in St Marys on September 9 last year.
Police said Yilmaz was not formally aligned with any gangs but was believed to be closely linked with one.
Homicide squad detectives said he was kidnapped and beaten in the weeks before his murder in western Sydney.
Two men were arrested over the alleged kidnapping and another six over the murder, police said on Thursday.
A 40-year-old man was charged over the alleged kidnapping and assault and was refused bail, according to NSW Police.
Eight men were arrested over one of Sydney’s gangland executions, more than a year after Yilmaz was gunned down in the street (pictured)
The 29-year-old was shot at point-blank range in front of his fiancee while getting into his car in St Marys on September 9
Police said Yilmaz was not formally aligned with any gangs but was believed to be closely linked with one
Two men have been arrested over kidnapping and assualt by Strike Force Osprey, a team dedicated to investigating the eight gangland killings
The 40-year-old man was arrested September 21 and faced court on Thursday.
Since Tuesday, five men have been arrested including a 28-year-old man who was charged with murder, direct criminal group, and participation in a criminal group.
The 28-year-old man was refused bail and appeared in court Thursday.
A 25-year-old man and 31-year-old man were charged with murder and participation in a criminal group and were refused bail.
The 25-year-old man faced court on Thursday and the 31-year-old man was expected to face court Friday.
Six men are in custody over the murder, Homicide Squad Commander Detective Acting Superintendent Jason Dickinson (pictured) said Thursday
A 40-year-old man was charged over the alleged kidnapping and assault and was refused bail, according to NSW Police
A 25-year-old man and 28-year-old man were charged with accessory after the fact to murder and participation in a criminal group and were refused bail.
The 25-year-old was expected to face court November 3 and the 28-year-old will appear in court December 1.
Strike Force investigations executed six search warrants at Blackett, Meadowbank, Mt Druitt, Stanhope Gardens, St Marys and The Ponds Thursday morning.
Two men, aged 28 and 46, were arrested during the operation.
Since Tuesday, five men have been arrested including a 28-year-old man who was charged with murder
Mr Dickinson said this week’s operation (pictured) was successful after more than 12 months of investigation
Strike Force investigations executed six search warrants at Blackett, Meadowbank, Mt Druitt, Stanhope Gardens, St Marys and The Ponds Thursday morning (pictured)
The 28-year-old man was charged with accessory after the fact to murder and participate in a criminal group and was refused bail before he is expected to face court Thursday.
The 46-year-old man was charged with take/detain in company with intent to get advantage and occasion bodily hair and wound with intent. He was refused bail and faced court on Thursday.
Homicide Squad Commander Detective Acting Superintendent Jason Dickinson said this week’s operation was successful after more than 12 months of investigation.
‘Earlier in the investigation, Strike Force Raptor seized 84 firearms and more than 12,000 rounds of ammunition and the drug squad seized more than $400,000 worth of illicit drugs,’ Mr Dickinson said on Thursday morning.
A 25-year-old man and 31-year-old man were charged with murder and participation in a criminal group
A 25-year-old man and 28-year-old man were charged with accessory after the fact to murder and participation in a criminal group
All the men were refused bail and will front court in coming weeks with more arrests expected to be made as investigations continue
Investigations were continuing and more arrests were expected.
Yilmaz’s death was one of 10 underworld shootings and apparent revenge executions across Sydney since 2015.
The deaths included mafioso kingpin Pasquale Barbaro, 35, who was shot dead outside an Earlwood home in November 2016.
Barbaro’s grandfather and cousin were both killed in gangland hits and there were unconfirmed rumours he was an informant.
Gangland figure and convicted killer Ahmad, 40, was killed on a rooftop car park of Bankstown Central shopping centre in April 2016.
His execution was believed to be in retaliation for the fatal shooting of Safwan Charbaji outside a Condell Park panel beater several weeks earlier.
A key suspect in the Ahmad murder, Hamad Assad, was killed at St Georges Hall home last October.
A month ago, the shopping centre rooftop where Ahmade was killed was 3D laser-scanned to help detectives progress their investigation.
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