Sam Ibrahim Underworld figure operation bound for Lebanon in secret exile operation
Notorious Sydney organized crime figure Sam Ibrahim will return to Lebanon via Perth following a secret strike force raptor operation.
A convoy of five vehicles gathered John Ibrahim's 51-year-old brother from the long Bay Correctional Complex in the morning when he was placed in an aircraft to allow him to flow interstate.
His visa has been revoked on the basis of character due to his extensive criminal history."This is a man who's been a flaw on our community for 20 years," Detective Superintendent Robert Critchlow told Jim Wilson."The community's safe place today as it is gone."
Neither his family nor his lawyers were told about the operation beforehand.
“There was a lot of risks around this, Jim … it was something we had to do decisively with great care and great planning.
“He’s bound for Lebanon, through a couple of stops on the way.”
Underworld figure Sam Ibrahim has been taken to Perth ahead of his deportation to Lebanon.
Ibrahim, the brother of Kings Cross identity John Ibrahim, was released from prison this month.
News understands he will be taken to Christmas Island before being flown to Lebanon.
The former bikie boss was jailed in 2018 on charges of conspiring to supply banned firearms in Sydney in 2014.
He was sentenced to nine years with a non-parole period of six years after he was caught trying to sell five Glock pistols to undercover police.
The former bikie boss was jailed in 2018 for conspiring to supply prohibited firearms in Sydney in 2014.
He was sentenced to nine years with a non-parole period of six after he was caught trying to sell five glock pistols to undercover police.
Officers from NSW Police Force Strike Force Raptor flew the notorious crime figure to Perth after he was paroled from a nine-year jail term in NSW for a firearm offence.The brother of Kings Cross identity John Ibrahim, Sam Ibrahim, had spent more than five years behind bars for conspiring to supply guns before he was granted parole in September.
He was arrested in 2014 along with his sister, his partner and former Rose tattoo drummer Paul Demarco, after raids in Sydney and Illawarra, an M1 military-grade assault rifle, a standard rifle, three pistols, two shotguns and 11 handguns. Were included.
In 2015, the Interior Ministry revoked his visa based on character due to his extensive criminal history, paving the way for him to be deported upon his release from prison.
Lebanese-born Ibrahim has lived in Australia since the age of four, and has children from an Australian wife.
Ibrahim was handed over to officers of the Australian Border Force around 11am on Thursday morning.
NSW Police State Crime Commander Assistant Commissioner Stuart Smith said Ibrahim's departure sent a clear message that organised crime will not be tolerate.
'Today, a person who for many years has conducted criminal activity with little regard for devastation he has left in his wake, has departed NSW never to return and we hope the community can find solace in that,' he said in a statement.
The ABF says it 'takes seriously its responsibility to protect the Australian community from the risk of harm posed by foreign nationals who engage in criminal conduct or behaviour of concern'.
'Foreign nationals who do not hold a valid visa will be liable for detention and removal from Australia, pending resolution of any ongoing matters with the courts,' it told AAP.
