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Men arrested in Sydney police crackdown after gangland shooting of Mahmoud Ahmad
A high-ranking bikie boss has been charged as police crack down on organised crime groups across Sydney, with two people arrested on the way to the funeral of crime figure Mahmoud "Brownie" Ahmad.
"We've arrested over 250 people in Strike Force Hawk — [with] more arrests last night, [including] people arrested on the way to the funeral getting done for serious drug supply after a police pursuit," he said.
A 35-year-old man from Belmore and a 36-year-old man from Mount Lewis were arrested after allegedly being found with the proceeds of crime and a large quantity of drugs.Police said more than 800 charges have been brought against approximately 250 people since October last year.
In that time, Chief Superintendent Bennett said, police had also seized almost 70 firearmsand conducted more than 360 searches of gang members and their associates.
Chief Superintendent Bennett said the incidence of public place shootings was at its lowest-ever level, but State Crime Command was working to prevent high level drug trafficking, extortion, kidnapping and retaliatory shootings between crime groups.
In a separate arrest, a 50-year-old Bandidos member has been charged with firearms offences.
Along the way, cash, drugs and designer watches have been seized from multiple properties across Sydney.
Known as a big player in Sydney crime, Ahmad had amassed a long list of enemies and walked out of jail with a $1 million bounty on his head.
After a tip-off saved him from an "imminent daylight hit" in October, he left Australia to spend time in his native Lebanon.
Despite the threat, Ahmad was soon back among his regular associates and, on Wednesday, became the second Ahmad brother to have been gunned down in the gangland battleground of south-west Sydney.
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