Accused Kidnapper Granted Bail Over $1B Cocaine Bust

Published on January 24, 2024

A man allegedly part of a kidnapping plot has been granted bail after his lawyer asked how four men could fit themselves and more than 700kg of cocaine inside a Toyota Yaris. In December police responded to a report of a break-in to find four men sitting in the car parked in the garage of an apartment in Ryde in Sydney’s north. They were arrested for an alleged plot to kidnap Hussein Hamed Habeeb from his unit where police say they found an estimated $1 billion worth of cocaine. One of these co-accused, Bilal Gheneim made a successful bid for bail during a hearing at Burwood Local Court on Wednesday....

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