Mostafa Baluch’s brother Imran shot in legs
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Brother of suspected Sydney drug dealer is shot in the legs in brazen daylight attack
- Imran Baluch in hospital after being shot in the legs
- He is the brother of the alleged drug importer Mostafa Baluch
- Imran was not involved in the alleged drug syndicate.
The brother of the accused drug trafficker Mostafa Baluch was shot in the legs.
Imran Baluch, 26, was admitted to hospital shortly before noon on Thursday with gunshot wounds.
He has yet to be interviewed by police about the circumstances of the shooting and who pulled the trigger. Detectives are now investigating.
“Shortly after 11:35am, a 26-year-old man presented to Westmead Hospital with gunshot wounds,” police said in a statement.
“He was admitted to the hospital for treatment where he remains in stable condition.”
The brother of suspected large-scale drug importer Mostafa Baluch (pictured) has been admitted to hospital after being shot in the legs.
A photo released by police shows Baluch dressed in a T-shirt and shorts sitting on the side of the road moments after his dramatic arrest (pictured) when he was found hiding in a Mercedes inside a shipping container.
His brother Mostafa led to one of Australia’s biggest police searches last year.
Police allege that Baluch was involved in an organized crime syndicate that conspired to import and distribute three tons of cocaine, with an estimated potential value of $900 million.
He was allegedly caught hiding in the back of a luxury car inside a shipping container on the back of a truck at the Queensland-NSW border in November.
He had spent weeks on the run while trying to evade capture when the drug shipments were found.
His dramatic arrest was the culmination of a weeks-long manhunt after he allegedly severed an ankle monitor and went on the run.
With the help of US authorities, 1,770 kilograms of cocaine were seized from vessels off the coast of Colombia in October 2020 and Ecuador in April 2021.
Five men have so far been charged for their alleged involvement with the union.
His brother is not involved in the alleged importation nor is he charged with any crime.
Mostafa Baluch (pictured being escorted back to NSW in November) to face drug import charges