Brother of accused Sydney drug lord was on bail for alleged violent assault when shot in the legs

The brother of accused Sydney drug dealer Mostafa Baluch was on bail for an alleged violent attack in the Kings Cross area of ​​Sydney when he was reportedly shot in the legs in broad daylight on Thursday.

Imran Baluch, 26, the younger brother of suspected drug importer Mostafa, who was once Australia’s most wanted man before his dramatic arrest in 2022, allegedly assaulted another man in the early hours of New Year’s Day.

Baluch had just obtained his police bail after reporting that the conditions on the brawl charge changed when he showed up at the hospital with gunshot wounds to his legs just before noon on Thursday.

Court documents seen by Daily Mail Australia reveal that Mr Baluch, who has a criminal record including drug and knife offences, was arrested on January 1 shortly after 2am following an allegedly violent encounter with another man in Potts. Point.

The man had reason to fear for his personal safety, police say.

On Monday of this week, Imran Baluch requested that his bail conditions for daily reporting to police be softened to weekly reporting at a western Sydney police station, a short drive from his home.

But shortly after 11:35 a.m. Thursday, he reported with gunshot wounds to his legs at Westmead Hospital, where he remains stable and police say detectives have yet to conduct a formal interview with him.

Imran and his brother Mostafa, (above) who sparked one of Australia’s biggest police searches last year, are from a well-known Sydney restaurateur family who emigrated from Afghanistan.

Officers from the Criminal and Raptor Group Squads of the State Anti-Crime Command are investigating the circumstances of the shooting and who shot Mr. Baluch.

Imran Baluch has a history of crimes including being in custody of a knife in a public place, in 2021 and in 2020, possessing a prohibited drug in 2018 and 2017, as well as traffic offenses, incurring $4,500 in fines.

He and his brother Mostafa, who led one of Australia’s biggest police searches last year, belong to a well-known family of Sydney restaurateurs who emigrated from Afghanistan.

Police allege that Mostafa 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.

The brother of suspected large-scale drug importer Mostafa Baluch, 34, (pictured) was admitted to hospital after being shot in the legs.

A photo released by police shows Mostafa 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 in a Mercedes inside a shipping container.

With the help of US authorities, 1,770 kilograms of cocaine were seized from two vessels off the coast of Colombia in October 2020 and Ecuador in April 2021.

Police allege Mostafa was the sole financier of the second shipment of cocaine, some 900kg that had an estimated street value in Australia of at least $270m.

His high-profile arrest was the culmination of a weeks-long manhunt after he allegedly severed an ankle monitor on a golf course behind his luxury Bayview home and went on the run in a Range Rover.

He was allegedly found hiding in the back of a luxury Mercedes inside a shipping container on the back of a truck at the Queensland-NSW border in November.

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.

There are no indications of wrongdoing against any other family members.

Mostafa Baluch (pictured being escorted back to New South Wales in November last year) to face significant drug importation charges