Underworld figure Ibrahem Hamze charged with soliciting murder after extradition to NSW

Ibrahem Hamze, 27, was extradited from Queensland to New South Wales on Tuesday and charged with shooting with intent to murder and soliciting a murder following an attack outside a Prospect gym in November 2021.

The 27-year-old also faces charges of large commercial drug supply, and directing the activities of a criminal group, among others.

The 24-year-old victim was walking in Merrylands when he was assaulted by five men who forced him into a white Toyota van parked nearby, police say.

He was allegedly driven to a vacant unit in Auburn and held captive for several hours, before he was found in Birrong with a stab wound to his shoulder and taken to hospital.

Two men were arrested after the incident and refused bail to appear before Fairfield local court on 17 February.

After further investigations, police have charged another five men, including Hamze, who are all due before Parramatta bail court on Wednesday.