Police have arrested and charged four men for their alleged roles in a kidnapping, torturing and shooting incident in Claymore last month.
Strike Force Bellshill officers with assistance from officers attached to Tactical Operations Unit executed multiple search warrants at homes in Claymore, Catherine Field, Bradbury, Thirlmere, Oran Park and Eagle Vale at 6am today.
During a search of a Bradbury property a fifth person, a 24-year-old man, allegedly assaulted an officer before being arrested and taken to Campbelltown Police Station.
The officer did not require medical treatment.
Following the searches, police also arrested a 26-year-old Oran Park man, a 23-year-old Bradbury man, a 21-year-old Claymore man and a 22-year-old Eagle Vale man before also taking them to Campbelltown Police Station.
The 26-year-old man was charged with three counts of shooting with intent to murder and a raft of related offences.
The 23-year-old was charged with three counts of shooting at a person with intent to murder, and also two other related offences.
The 21-year-old was charged with three counts of shooting at person with intent to murder, while the 22-year-old was charged with two counts of take/detain in company and assault.
All four men were refused bail to appear before court some time today.
The 24-year-old man was charged with assaulting a police officer in execution of their duty without actual bodily harm and hinder or resist police officer in the execution of duty.
He was granted bail to appear before Campbelltown Local Court on October 10.
Police will allege in court two men aged 29 and 30 were forced into the back of a utility at gun point before being taken to an unknown area and tortured with a hammer, causing significant injury to the men’s hands before they taken to a park in Claymore where they were shot.
About 9:30am on August 3 police were called to a shop in Claymore following reports a 30-year-old man was suffering a gunshot wound to his torso and was seeking medical help.
A short time later, police were called to a reserve on Proctor Way, Claymore, after a different man, aged 29, was located with gunshot wounds to his head and torso.
Police established a crime scene and State Crime Command’s Raptor Squad, with assistance from officers attached to Campbelltown City Police Area Command, launched Strike Force Bellshill to investigate the incident.
Initial inquiries led police to believe the incident was targeted and linked to organised crime.
Investigations under Strike Force Bellshill continue.
