Ahmed’s brother, Bilal Haouchar, was reportedly been arrested in Lebanon over an unrelated alleged syndicate.Credit score: Fb
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Justice Hamet Dhanji launched Haouchar on bail, however not earlier than noting the case towards him held on an unanswered telephone name.
Central to the allegations is that Haouchar was utilizing encrypted apps to speak utilizing aliases.
“There may be… sturdy proof [Haouchar] was utilizing the identify De Niro,” Dhanji stated.
De Niro used encrypted chats to organise a gathering with one other particular person utilizing the identify of rugby league legend “Wally Lewis”, three days earlier than the medication landed in Sydney.
Police watched Haouchar as he attended a gathering that matched these plans set by De Niro, Dhanji stated, quoting from the police proof.
“After the medication had been imported, communications came about between [Haouchar] and the particular person utilizing the identify Wally Lewis in relation to the gathering.”
The AFP had snatched a telephone from one of many males arrested on the tarmac and shortly known as De Niro, the courtroom heard.
Throughout city, officers watched as a telephone went off close to Haouchar on the similar time, the courtroom heard. The AFP arrested Haouchar in Rushcutters Bay.
“AFP known as De Niro and heard a telephone within the possession of the applicant ringing,” Dhanji stated.
“That’s enough to determine the case towards [Haouchar] is certainly one of actual power.”
5 airport logistics staff in South Africa have been additionally arrested after the AFP handed intelligence about their alleged roles in stacking the airplane with medication.
Haouchar was launched on a complete $1.7 million bail, secured by his mom and a household buddy within the development business.
He must put on an digital ankle monitor, a monitoring gadget which Dhanji stated has been identified to fail and permit others on bail to flee NSW.
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The courtroom heard proof from Haouchar’s sister that he’s certainly one of seven siblings. Amongst them is youthful brother Bilal, a feared gangster believed to have been arrested in Lebanon final month as a part of a distinct alleged felony syndicate.
A 3rd brother, Nadal, was additionally arrested at Sydney Airport as a part of that alleged crime community believed to be a “billion-dollar syndicate” and the biggest working in NSW.
Ahmed Haouchar will return to courtroom in February.
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