Overview
- Strike force officers arrested Deklin Donnelly during a Seven Hills raid on Wednesday, then charged him with murder, kidnapping for ransom in a mistaken-identity case, firearms offences and drug offences.
- At Blacktown Local Court on Thursday, he was remanded after declining to seek bail.
- Police allege he recruited others, joined the abduction at North Ryde, took Chris Baghsarian to a Dural stronghold and arranged disposal of the body.
- The Seven Hills search turned up firearms, ammunition, weapon parts, phones, electronic devices and large quantities of illicit drugs.
- Two earlier suspects remain before the courts, with investigators pursuing up to nine participants and testing any ransom links, including a reported $50 million demand.