Three members of the same family are among four people who have been charged after allegedly using a taxi to supply the illicit drug across Sydney's south-west. 9News
Three members of the same family are among four people who have been charged after allegedly using a taxi to supply cocaine across Sydney's south-west.
Abdul Arnaout, a father and cab driver of two decades, is accused of moonlighting as a drug delivery driver. Undercover police officers stopped Mr Arnaout at Roselands on Friday afternoon, at the start of what they claim to have been the "weekend drug run".“None of his activities involved picking up public passengers for any particular reason, other than the drug syndication,” Detective Chief Inspector Glen Fitzgerald from NSW Police said.
Omar Mahfouz, 27, is accused of organising the sales and running the operation from his family's Bankstown home. His 52-year-old mother, Gladdis, was also arrested; now behind bars, she is unable to care for her ailing 80-year-old father, Hussein Hadid.
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