Hurstville and Turella shootings: Four Victorians extradited over alleged Sydney criminal contracts, shootings
Four people – including a 16-year-old boy – have been extradited over their alleged involvement in criminal contract shootings in Sydney.
Four Victorians have been extradited to NSW after allegedly travelling to Sydney to carry out criminal contract shootings.
Two men, aged 22 and 23, a 26-year-old woman, and a 16-year-old boy were arrested across Victoria on Thursday.
They have been extradited to NSW and are expected to be charged by police on Friday.
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A police spokesperson said the first of the alleged shooting incidents happened about 2.30am at a house in Hurstville. Police suspect three people broke in, though no one was home, and a gun was allegedly fired into a wall before the group left the area in a black sedan.
About 3am, police were called after multiple shots were fired at a parked sedan on Reede St in Turella. No injuries were reported.
NSW Police’s organised crime squad took over investigations, a spokesperson said, and detectives identified the four people who had allegedly “travelled from Victoria to carry out the criminal contracts”.
Police raided two homes in southwestern Sydney on September 9 and will allege the group stayed at the properties while they were in town.
On Wednesday, NSW police and Victoria Police’s organised crime squad raided properties in four outer Melbourne suburbs. Males aged 16, 22 and 23 were arrested, as was the 26-year-old woman.
The group fronted a Melbourne court on Thursday afternoon and were extradited, the NSW Police spokesperson said.
They are expected to be charged at the Albury Police Station later on Friday.
More to come
Originally published as Four Victorians extradited over alleged Sydney criminal contracts, shootings
