Armed police area searching streets close to the home of John Ibrahim’s mother after his bodyguard was gunned down outside.
Cops were seen scouring drains close to the detached house in Sydney’s Merrylands following the shooting of Semi Ngata, known as Tongan Sam, on Friday evening.
The 59-year-old was treated at the scene after being hit in the back before being taken to Westmead Hospital in a serious condition.
Semi Ngata, known as Tongan Sam, (pictured centre back with Daniel and John Ibrahim) was shot in the back in Merrylands, in Sydney’s west on Friday night at 10.45
Police search the streets outside John Ibrahim’s mother’s home (pictured) on Saturday morning
Media gathered outside the Merrylands home (pictured) owned by John Ibrahim’s mother on Saturday morning
Police said they were investigating whether more than one bullet had been used in the shooting on Price Street but couldn’t say whether it was a drive-by attack, according to The Sydney Morning Herald.
Officers are also looking into whether a burnt-out car found on Rees Street in nearby Mays Hill is linked to the shooting.
A police spokeswoman said: ‘We’ve got detectives canvassing the area and investigations are ongoing.
‘We are looking at that as a line of inquiry but it’s not been confirmed at this stage if it’s linked.’
Ngata has worked as a bodyguard for nightclub boss John for more than a decade after the pair met in Kings Cross in the 1990s.
Tongan Sam (left with Fadi Ibrahim and Salim Mehajer) was taken to Westmead Hospital, where he is in a serious condition
Police patrol past John Ibrahim’s Dover Heights residence in the aftermath of the shooting of Tongan Sam
Police said they were investigating whether more than one bullet had been used in the shooting but couldn’t say whether it was a drive-by attack (pictured is Tongan Sam, right, with Sam Ibrahim, left, outside court in 2009)
Police searched streets around the spot where John Ibrahim’s bodyguard Tongan Sam was shot
Police searched the streets around the scene of the shooting, which took place in Merrylands in Sydney’s west
His loyalty to his boss was shown in 2014 when he was pictured wearing a T-shirt with John’s face emblazoned across it.
The shooting comes just weeks after Ibrahim brothers Fadi and Michael were detained in a dramatic police sting in Dubai and extradited back to Australia over a drug and tobacco syndicate.
Fadi was released from jail on strict bail conditions after a $2.2million surety was put up.
The Merrylands home belonging to John’s mother was searched by police during the raids, and a loaded 9mm handgun was seized from the property.
After Tongan Sam was shot in the back on Friday night police set up a crime scene, continuing to search the area on Saturday morning (pictured)
Police (pictured)searched bins on the street near John Ibrahim’s mother’s home in Merrylands
Police were out in force on Saturday morning, searching the streets around the scene of the shooting
Police walked down the streets of Merrylands in a line after the shooting of John Ibrahim’s bodyguard Semi Ngata on Friday night
Officers are also looking into whether a burnt-out car (pictured) found nearby is linked to the shooting
John’s home was also raided as part of the investigation in August – but he was not arrested or charged with any offences.
John and his three brothers – Sam, Michael and Fadi – have all been either shot or stabbed over recent years.
Michael – the most recent victim – was gunned down on Macquarie Street in Sydney’s CBD in 2015, while Fadi was shot five times as he sat in his Lamborghini.
Sam was also hit in the legs in a 2011 drive-by shooting, and John was stabbed in Kings Cross while a teenager.
Semi ‘Tongan Sam’ Ngata was taken to Westmead Hospital (pictured) in a serious condition
The shooting took place outside John Ibrahim’s mother’s home, pictured here being searched by police after Ibrahim brothers Michael and Fadi were arrested in August
Pictured is a loaded 9mm semi-automatic Beretta handgun seized from the home of John Ibrahim’s mother during raids in August 2017.
Officers are also looking into whether a burnt-out car found nearby is linked to the shooting (pictured is Tongan Sam, centre, with Sam Ibrahim, left, and lawyer Stephen Alexander, right, outside court in 2009)
Pictured is the Merryland’s home owned by John Ibrahim’s mother being searched during a police operation in August