Rapper J Emz gives the camera the middle finger in the post with the lyrics including “tryin’ to take my life away” playing in the background.
“Better watch how you talk when you talk about me ’cause I’ll come and take your life away,” the lyrics say.
Police announced on Thursday the alleged murder plot had been discovered and disrupted.
“They’d done surveillance on the intended victims;they’re following the intended victims on social media. They are extremely committed and are extremely organised,” Detective Superintendent Peter Faux,head of the organised crime squad,said.
“We’ve seized firearms which were intended to be used in this plot. We’ve seized stolen motor vehicles which they had stolen and placed in respect to using in the intended murder.”
Faux said the alleged murder contract appeared to stem from a conflict between the rappers and the crime syndicate that had allegedly hired the murder cell.
Police raided a home in Cartwright,in south-western Sydney,just after 6am on Thursday and arrested Brandon Masueli,26,an alleged member of the cell.
Masueli was taken to Liverpool police station where he was charged with conspiracy to murder,conspiracy to kidnap,conspiracy to commit armed robbery,firearms offences and supplying a large commercial quantity of a prohibited drug,among other charges.
Yousef Rima,20,was arrested simultaneously in Sadleir,in south-western Sydney,and was charged with similar offences. Both were expected to front court on Thursday.
Anthony Pele,22,is wanted by police.
“There will be two further males who will also be arrested and charged in relation to their involvement in the intended murder,and we’ve taken out a warrant for the arrest of a fifth male who is currently,we believe,on the run overseas from police,” Faux said.
The fifth man sought in connection with the alleged cell is Anthony Pele,police sources have told theHerald.
Pele,22,is wanted on an international warrant from December after he allegedly fired a volley of rounds into Ahmad Al-Azzam as the innocent man sat in a car at Greenacre last July. Al-Azzam later died.
Two more people,innocent bystanders,were hit by bullets allegedly fired by Pele. One was paralysed,the other recovered.
Police alleged last month Pele was trying to find and shoot Comanchero bikies who he believed were planning to kidnap one of his allies.
Police are now finalising a second warrant for Pele over his alleged links to the cell targeting Onefour.
Police also allege the murder cell was linked to a series of kidnapping plots,including one that led police to discover hundreds of kilograms of cocaine stashed in a unit block.
Strike force Ballyana was set up in March 2023 after an attempted kidnapping of a man,39,in Banksia,in Sydney’s south.
Masueli was arrested on December 16 over the Banksia attack and charged with kidnapping in company,firearms,drug and other offences.
NSW Police say they found $1 billion worth of cocaine at a Ryde unit.Credit:NSW Police
Three days later,on December 19,police stormed a unit block in Ryde following reports of a break-and-enter. They found four men,in black clothes and masks,sitting in a car in the underground car park.
Inside the car,police claimed,they found a “kidnapping kit” and in the apartment of their alleged target,Hussein Hamed Habeeb,24,police allegedly found 722 kilograms of cocaine worth $1 billion.
Habeeb was charged with supplying a large commercial quantity of a prohibited drug and knowingly dealing with the proceeds of a crime.
Onefour have regularly been targeted by police and prevented from performing. They were unaware of the alleged murder plot against them,police claim.Credit:YouTube
Detective Superintendent Joseph Doueihi said on Thursday that Masueli was aware of the cocaine in the unit and had been arrested over that alleged kidnapping plot as well.
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