NSW Police have charged three alleged contract criminals and seized five ‘kill cars’ following a series of house arrests.
Police detained three individuals aged 16, 18, and 21, who are suspected to be part of the ‘G7’ gang—a group of youths reportedly recruited by criminal syndicates for violent acts.
Early Thursday morning at 6am, detectives executed eight search warrants in Sydney’s southwest as part of a broader inquiry into grave and organized crime throughout the city.
The operation focused on alleged G7 affiliates believed to be operating a fleet of vehicles to execute tasks for other crime organizations, according to law enforcement.
The vehicles are often stolen well in advance, fitted with cloned number plates and supplied with a kit designed to enable murder and escape.
That kit, police say, frequently contains balaclavas, guns, a change of clothes, and a jerry can to set the car alight and remove forensic traces.
‘This is a perfect example of the criminal contractor concept,’ Detective Superintendent Peter Faux told reporters on Friday.
“The individuals we charged yesterday… it is alleged they were involved in orchestrating the planned murder of a male,” officers stated.
Officers arrested three males aged 16, 18 and 21 who are alleged members of the ‘ G7 ‘ gang
Authorities also confiscated five ‘kill cars’ following numerous house raids. These vehicles are typically outfitted with kits for carrying out murders, including firearms and balaclavas.
The three suspects were apprehended during multiple search operations by NSW Police across Sydney’s southwest on Thursday as part of the organized crime investigation.
‘But it should also be clear that, their role in this, they have the same blood on their hands as the people who inevitably carry out the act of violence in the end.’
Detectives have linked the tactics to murders carried out by bikie gangs, Pacific Islander groups, Middle Eastern crime syndicates and Asian drug networks; the G7 crew is one of several groups of contract criminals allegedly using these cars.
In Oran Park, police arrested the two men, aged 18 and 21, who were taken to Camden Police Station.
The teenager was charged with dealing with property intended to be an instrument of crime, conspiracy to take person intended to commit serious indictable offence, participating in a criminal group and four counts of knowingly deal with proceeds of crime intent to conceal.
The 21-year-old was charged with two counts of possessing or using a prohibited weapon without permit, and using, supplying, acquiring or possessing a defaced firearm.
He was also charged with knowingly dealing with proceeds of crime, dealing with property intended to be an instrument of crime, and participating in a criminal group.
The pair were refused bail to appear in Bail Division Local Court 3 on Friday.
The 16-year-old was arrested in Hinchinbrook and taken to Liverpool Police Station, where he was charged with participating in a criminal group.
Commander of the Organised Crime Squad, Detective Superintendent Peter Faux, described ‘kill cars’ as ‘tools of violence’ for criminal offenders
The ‘G7’ gang is allegedly a youth group recruited by underworld figures for violent acts
Police also charged him with driving conveyance taken without consent of owner, be carried in conveyance taken without consent of owner, and as a never licensed person driving a vehicle on the road.
He was refused bail to appear in a children’s court on Friday.
During the search, police also seized five cars, a firearm, ammunition, $41,000 in cash, GPS trackers and 37 mobile phones and DECCDs – dedicated encrypted criminal communication devices.
‘The use of kill cars has emerged as a common denominator in serious and violent crimes linked to organised crime – including murders, kidnappings, and other high-risk offences,’ Det Supt Faux said.
‘These vehicles aren’t just transport; they’re tools of violence. Without them, offenders lose mobility, anonymity, and the ability to commit serious offences.’
He added that one of the vehicles had a ‘kidnapping kid’ in it, which included a sledgehammer, baseball bats, pillow cases, gloves, and gaffer tape.
‘It’s clear that (criminal groups) have transitioned to not necessarily carrying out the crimes of violence themselves, but having these criminal contractors,’ he said.
‘There are definitely different tiers and levels to this type of crime…. (The groups of contract criminals) are definitely coordinated by a middle man on behalf of the organised crime group.’
Just two days ago, heavily armed officers stormed a Sydney street in broad daylight to foil what police allege was a planned underworld hit near a daycare centre
Police are understood to have fired shots at two vehicles using ‘bean bag’ rounds – pouches packed with lead pellets designed to stop but not kill – to bring the vehicles to a halt
The arrests come just two days after a separate incident in which heavily armed officers stormed a busy Sydney street in broad daylight.
They fired shots at two vehicles to foil what police allege was a planned underworld hit near a daycare centre.
Motorists watched as the Tactical Operations Unit, PolAir, the Dog Squad and State Intelligence Command swooped on two cars in the western suburb of Revesby shortly before 4pm on Tuesday.
It’s understood that officers fired ‘bean bag’ rounds – pouches packed with lead pellets designed to stop but not kill – to bring the cars to a halt.
Dramatic video footage showed officers in bulletproof vests pounding on the sides of a silver Mercedes and shouting orders as one officer aimed his firearm at an occupant.
Within seconds, two men were dragged from the vehicle and pinned to the road.
Further down The River Road, a Mitsubishi SUV peppered with bullet holes was boxed in by police before officers hauled a third man from the driver’s seat.
Inside the vehicles, police allegedly uncovered two pistols, balaclavas, body-worn cameras and jerry cans filled with fuel.
Three men, aged 18, 19 and 26, were arrested at the scene.
The two teens were each charged with conspiracy to commit murder, possession of an unauthorised pistol, being carried in a stolen vehicle, participating in a criminal group and breaching bail.
The 26-year-old faces charges of conspiracy to commit murder and participation in a criminal group.
