Two men are expected to be charged with a Sydney drug lord’s alleged murder, after the Comanchero bikie boss was shot earlier this year over a six-figure debt.
Alen Moradian, 48, was shot dead in June while sitting in his car near the busy Bondi Junction shopping precinct, sparking a spate of tit-for-tat shootings and gang violence across Sydney.
Detectives on Monday arrested two men, aged 27 and 28, during dawn raids in southwestern Sydney.
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Both are expected to be charged over their involvement in Moradian’s alleged murder, police said.
It comes five weeks after detectives charged the alleged “mastermind” of the shooting, which they believe was motivated by an outstanding $500,000 debt to an organised crime entity.
The 42-year-old man was arrested at the same time as another man, 31, who is accused of helping to co-ordinate the brazen daylight attack.
Both men are charged with murder and cannot be named for legal reasons.
At the time of those arrests, police said they were still looking for who pulled the trigger.
Drug lord killed
Nicknamed “Fathead”, Moradian was arrested in 2007 along with his wife Natasha Youkhana and others over what police at the time called one of the largest cocaine and money laundering rackets in NSW history.
Moradian was sentenced to 16 years and nine months in jail for importing and supplying cocaine.
During the trial the court was told Moradian and Youkhana lived a life of luxury, using drug money to buy property, designer furniture, jewellery, a wedding reception, luxury travel and accommodation.
An email showed Youkhana urging her husband to be more like “Tony Soprano”, for fear their over-the-top lifestyle would result in them getting caught.
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