Two more men have been charged over the alleged murder of Mejid Hamzy, who was gunned down outside his south-western Sydney home in October 2020.
Hamzy was the older brother of crime gang Brothers 4 Life founder and convicted killer Bassam Hamzy, who is currently jailed in Goulburn's supermax prison.
This afternoon two men, Bryce Williams, 34, and Christopher O'Brien, 30, were each charged with murder.
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Police will allege in court both men shot Hamzy at Condell Park in 2020.
The pair were also charged with supplying a prohibited drug more than a large commercial quantity and participating in criminal group.
The charges come after police executed search warrants early this morning at a number of homes across Sydney's south-west in East Hills, Panania, Bankstown and Padstow.
Three people were arrested.
A third man, 28, from Bankstown was charged with supplying a prohibited drug more than a large commercial quantity, two counts of knowingly dealing with proceeds of crime and participating criminal group.
Police will allege in court the man supplied methylamphetamine on an ongoing basis between October last year and March.
All three men were refused bail to appear at Bankstown Local Court.
Hamzy's murder sparked a tit-for-tat gangland war between the Hamzy and Alameddine families which led to seven murders across Sydney.
However, today police revealed they would allege the execution was ordered by a high-ranking Comanchero bikie living overseas.
"(The killing) was sanctioned at the highest level of organised crime… the motivation for this murder relates to the theft of the large importation of narcotics that entered this country," Detective Superintendent Grant Taylor said.
Hamzy's mother Lola is also the mother of Bassam Hamzy and Ghassan Amoun, who was executed at Wentworthville in January.
"I am happy in a way, but I also lost in the end," she said after the arrests.
In July last year, police charged two other men – aged 38 and 44 – in relation to Hamzy's murder.
They both remain before the courts.
Police were called to Hamzy's home in Condell Park just after he was gunned down.
The 44-year-old was found with multiple gunshot wounds.
Despite the efforts of emergency services, he died at the scene.
Bassam Hamzy found out about his brother's death while watching the news in prison.
Source: 9News