The glamorous wife of slain Lone Wolf Bikie Yusuf Nazlioglu has been arrested and her new boyfriend is on the run after police raided a home last week in a notorious crime hotspot that was the focus of a gang shooting.
Jade Heffer, 28, had only been married for six months to Nazlioglu, 40, when he was gunned down in front of her on June 27 last year in the underground car park of their Rhodes apartment complex in western Sydney.
In the days after her husband’s death, Ms Heffer seemed to turn to her Islamic faith – exchanging her signature messages online from selfies in form-fitting dresses with plunging necklines to pictures of her in a hijab and sharing quotes from the Quran .
Now, just over a year after losing her husband – and social media makeover – Ms Heffer is back in the spotlight after falling into a relationship with an alleged member of Sydney’s notorious crime network Alameddine.
Jade Heffer is pictured with her late husband, Lone Wolf bikie Yusuf Nazlioglu
Police went to the family home of Ahmad Alameddine – Ms Heffer’s new partner – in Greenacre, Sydney’s southwest, at around 6am on Thursday to enforce a firearms ban.
Alameddine is said to have jumped the back fence when he saw officers arriving outside the Narelle Crescent property, while officers found only Ms. Heffer and other family members inside the home.
“Officers believe a 33-year-old male resident may have fled the scene,” a NSW police spokesman said.
“A perimeter was established and help was sought from the Dog Squad, Public Order & Riot Squad and PolAir to locate the man.”
Police then searched the premises and reportedly discovered a firearm, a coded telephone and other items, which have been seized for forensic examination.
At around 12.30pm Ms Heffer and another woman, 35, were arrested at a service station on nearby Waterloo Road and taken to Bankstown Police Station.
Pictured: A photo Jade Nazlioglu posted on social media the day before her husband was shot dead
In the days after her husband’s death, Ms. Heffer dramatically changed the nature of her social media posts, sharing photos of herself in a hijab and scripts from the Quran
It is clear that they are expected to be charged with obstructing the investigation.
Greenacre street has been home to a string of shootings over the past 12 months as Sydney grapples with a bloody gang war.
Last week, criminal lawyer Mahmoud Abbas was shot in his driveway just before 10:30am on Wednesday as he stepped out of his house toward his car.
While he miraculously survived after undergoing three surgeries, underworld figure Mahmoud ‘Brownie’ Ahmad was not so lucky when he was shot down the same street in 2022 while visiting an associate.
Six men have since been charged in Ahmad’s alleged murder, as police continue the ‘targeted attack’ against Mr Abbas – whose high-profile clients include former Auburn deputy mayor Salim Mehajer.
Mr Abbas also represented four men accused of abducting an associate of the Hamze clan – rivals of the Alameddines – on Sydney’s northern beaches in January.
Police are pictured last week in Narelle Crescent, Greenacre, after the shooting of criminal lawyer Mahmoud Abbas
Ms Heffer’s arrest comes five weeks after officers from the NSW Raptor Squad raided her home in northern Parramatta and arrested three associates of the Alameddine gang during a wild Westfield brawl in Sydney’s CBD in June.
Ms Heffer is not charged with any wrongdoing, nor with any knowledge of the alleged events of the Pitt St Mall brawl that led to the arrests.
Mr Nazlioglu, 40, had barely been out of prison for 12 months – having served three years for gun possession – when he was brutally gunned down in front of his fitness instructor wife.
The couple began a whirlwind romance shortly after he was released and married four months after his release, in January 2022.
It is widely believed that Nazlioglu’s death came about because he had previously been charged with murdering former Comanchero leader, Mick Hawi – who was shot dead in a cemetery outside Fitness First Gym in Rockdale in February 2018.
Two men, aged 25 and 30, have since been charged in Nazglioglu’s death and their cases remain in court.
Mahmoud Abbas was gunned down several times last week outside his home in Greenacre, southwest Sydney
Abbas is expected to make a full recovery after being shot multiple times. He has had three surgeries