Overview
- Police arrested Mohammed Skaf in Greenacre on Wednesday night and charged him with 24 offences that include supplying prohibited drugs, dealing with proceeds of crime and directing a criminal group.
- Officers say searches of Skaf, a nearby park and his home uncovered about $245,000 in cash combined, roughly 208 grams of cocaine between scenes, about 10 grams of MDMA, multiple mobile phones and a vehicle.
- A 51-year-old man and a 54-year-old woman were also arrested and charged after separate warrants in Bankstown and Newington, with police alleging they acted as runners for the network.
- All three defendants were refused bail and appeared at Bankstown Local Court as investigators said the probe, launched in May, will continue.
- Skaf’s new charges are unproven and revive public scrutiny because he was a high‑profile prisoner in 2000, was released on parole in 2021 and had monitoring that expired when his sentence ended in January 2024.