Robbery and Serious Crime Squad detectives have charged four men following an investigation into an alleged home invasion and kidnapping of a Caddens man.
About 9.20pm on Monday, September 26, two men allegedly forced entry to the second-storey bedroom of a home in Caddens, where they threatened a 29-year-old man with a handgun.
The man was able to free himself before he ran from the property and the two men left in a grey hatchback with another two men.
Local police initiated inquiries, before the matter was referred to detectives from the State Crime Command’s Robbery and Serious Crime Squad under Strike Force Ghinni.
About 1.20pm on Wednesday, October 12, the same man was approached by four males – one of which was armed with a handgun – in a car park on Morrison Road, Ryde.
He was assaulted and taken in a vehicle to an unknown location, where he was threatened and assaulted further.
The man has since recovered from his injuries.
Following further inquiries, strike force detectives – assisted by Tactical Operations Unit, Public Order Riot Squad, Raptor Squad and Operation Support Group – executed 11 search warrants at homes in Revesby, Lidcombe, Strathfield, Girraween, Villawood, Botany, North Ryde, and Homebush, from 6am on Wednesday, November 16.
During the warrants, officers seized a number of items including three firearms, a machete, ammunition, more than $30,000 cash, two vehicles, and mobile phones, which will undergo forensic examination.
Four males – aged 32, 31, 29, and 17 – were arrested at homes in Revesby, Lidcombe and Strathfield.
A 29-year-old Revesby man was taken to Bankstown Police Station and charged with conspiracy to commit offence in company robbery while armed with dangerous weapon, special aggravated break and enter commit serious indictable offence-weapon, kidnap in company with intent serious indictable offence occasion actual bodily harm, knowingly/recklessly direct criminal group assist crime, acquire pistol subject to firearms prohibition order, and two counts of possess unauthorised pistol.
A 17-year-old boy was taken Bankstown Police Station and charged with conspiracy to commit offence in company robbery while armed with dangerous weapon, special aggravated break and enter commit serious indictable offence-weapon, participate criminal group contribute criminal activity, and possess unauthorised pistol.
They were both refused bail, with the older man due to appear at Bankstown Local Court while the teenage boy appeared at a children’s court.
A 31-year-old man was taken to Burwood Police Station and charged with conspiracy to commit offence in company robbery while armed with dangerous weapon, special aggravated break and enter commit serious indictable offence-weapon, and participate criminal group contribute criminal activity.
A 32-year-old man was taken to Burwood Police Station and charged with accessory after the fact of kidnap in company with intent serious indictable offence occasion actual bodily harm, participate criminal group contribute criminal activity, and two counts of possess unauthorised pistol.
Both men were refused bail to appeared at Burwood Local Court on Thursday, November 17.
It will be further alleged in court the group were conspiring to kidnap another man in the coming weeks.
Investigations under Strike Force Ghinni are continuing.
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