Alleged B4L gang members Navid Khalili, Kasim Ali Khan charged over murder of standover man Joe Antoun
Ben McClellan
The Daily Telegraph
January 21,2014
TWO alleged Brothers For Life gang members have been charged over the murder of stand over man Joe Antoun who was shot in the doorway of his Strathfield home last month.
It is understood police will allege Navid Khalili, 25, shot the 50-year-old just before 10pm on December 16 at the Jersey Rd home, while Kasim Ali Khan, 24, was the driver for the alleged hit.
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Homicide detectives charged Navid Khalili at Silverwater Jail today after Ali Khan was arrested and charged in Parramatta last Thursday.
Khalili will face Burwood Local Court tomorrow, while Ali Khan appeared at Parramatta Local Court last week where he was refused bail to reappear on March 17 at Burwood Local Court.
Detectives will allege that both men are members of the Blacktown chapter of Brothers For Life.
Meanwhile, the younger brother of alleged Brothers For Life Blacktown chapter boss Farhad Qaumi has been charged for possessing weapons and supplying nearly two kilograms of illicit drugs.Jamil Qaumi, 22, whose address was listed in court papers as Long Bay Jail and appeared via video link at Burwood Local Court today, faced five charges after Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad officers raided a Blacktown address last month.
Qaumi, who has been in custody since November 7, is charged with possessing a shortened 12 gauge Mossberg pump action shotgun and a Special Calibre .38 Smith and Wesson Pistol from November 5 to December 12.
He is also accused of supplying 1134.2 grams of the dance party drug 4-Bromo-2, 5-dimethoxyphenethylamine also known as "Nexus", 760.22 grams of 4-Bromo, 5-dimethoxyamphetamine also known as "Bromo DMA" and 150.85 grams of cocaine between November 5 and December 12.
Qaumi didn't apply for bail and it was formally refused to February 24 where he is due to appear for "other matters", the court papers stated.
The Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad (MEOCS) formed Strike Force Sitella to investigate a number of shootings during the second half of 2013.
Since the Strike Force was formed police said it has resulted in the arrest of eleven people facing 78 charges, as well as seizing three handguns, two shotguns and quantities of illicit drugs.
The Strike Force is investigating the following shootings:
The shooting of a man in Dunmore Street, Wentworthville on July 25
The shooting of a premises in Lignite Pl, Eagle Vale on August 2
The serious assault of a man on October 28 (specific location of assault not known)
The shooting of a man in Reillys Rd, Winston Hills on November 3
The shooting of a 13-year-old girl at Sunnyholt Rd, Blacktown, on November 4
The shooting of two men outside The Chokolatta cafe in Bankstown on November 7
The shooting of a man in Salisbury Rd, Guildford onNovember 27
The shooting of a man in Greenacre Rd, Greenacre, on November 29
