Police have revealed wild details about an alleged kidnapping of a Sydney gangland figure, with the victim found bound at a property within 45 minutes of being abducted outside his home.
The man, aged in his 30s, was allegedly bundled into a vehicle after he was assaulted on Eve St in Guildford just after 11.30pm on Monday.
The Daily Telegraph has reported the man is a close associate of Ali Younes, a drill rapper known online as Ay Huncho and an alleged member of the Alameddine crime network.
Detective Superintendent Jason Box said police responded to call about a man being assaulted at gunpoint outside a Guildford home at 11.30pm on Monday.
Mr Box claimed the victim arrived home in his vehicle and was approached by at least four men wearing disguises.
The victim was allegedly assaulted with a baseball bat at gunpoint then bundled into his own car and driven away by the alleged perpetrators to another location at Villawood.
He was then allegedly forced into another car at Villawood, while the alleged offenders torched his car.
Police claim the victim was taken to another property on the Hume Highway at Casula where his hands and feet were bound and he was assaulted again.
Polair spotted the premises where the victim was taken and alerted police who set up a perimeter around the property.
The five offenders saw police and fled the scene, but were chased down and quickly arrested.
Police found the victim with facial and body injuries.
Mr Box said police found a firearm, baseball bat and other weapons at the property, along with clothing that was worn by the alleged offenders.
“The location of the kidnapping, the house where the victim was recovered, plus the vehicles that we seized are currently being examined,” he said.
Mr Box said police happened to be in the right place at the right time and prevented the kidnapping from continuing with 45 minutes of the man being abducted.
Taskforce Falcon officers were alerted after the victim’s car was spotted – leading to the tactical operation unit being called in.
Police then formed a perimeter around the residence, believing the alleged offenders were armed.
But the offenders spotted police and tried to flee the scene by jumping over fences at adjoining premises.
“They were arrested rather quickly, immediately,” Mr Box said.
Mr Box said police happened to be in the right place at the right time and prevented the kidnapping from continuing.
Younes is believed to have been the intended target of a “kill car” team that was sensationally intercepted by police in broad daylight on the M4 earlier this month.
Shortly after initial reports of the alleged kidnapping reached police on Monday night, officers discovered a vehicle partially burnt out in Belmore St, Villawood, and investigators are trying to establish whether that vehicle was involved in the incident.
About 12.30am, an hour after police were first notified, they found the man, who had sustained facial injuries, somewhere in Casula.
The man was treated for his injuries and taken to hospital in stable condition.
Five men were arrested near Kane Place in Casula shortly after, and the investigation remains ongoing.
