Five arrested after alleged underworld assassination plot foiled

An alleged plot to assassinate a prominent crime figure has been foiled and five people in Sydney were arrested.

Heavy-duty NSW Police officers took the men into custody on Friday after executing search warrants across Leppington, Spring Farm, Lurnea and Long Bay.

Their alleged crimes included multiple plots to kill a senior organised crime figure. 

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In September last year, police intercepted a BMW allegedly with cloned plates on Columbine Avenue at Bankstown. 

When the car didn't stop, a pursuit was sparked before it was stopped for safety reasons at Padstow. 

Police allege a gun was then thrown out of the car window onto Fairford Road and about 40 minutes later, the same BMW was found dumped at Revesby.

Police now allege that car was on a mission to kill 29-year-old Ayman Tamer, in one of at least two attempted hits. 

"The intended target is a well-known organised crime entity," NSW Police detective superintendent Jason Box said.

Chris Emmanuel Faigafa, 26, Osman Sabsabi, 21, and Robin Faumuina were among the males arrested, with two of them - Faigafa and Faumuina - charged for conspiring to kill. 

The youngest alleged accomplice is 17 years old.

The court today heard 21-year-old boxer Faumiuna was supposed to be the shooter on the hit in September but he slept in. 

9News understands Tamer is an alleged independent operator in the organised crime world, which means he's not directly linked to one group in particular.

This has made it difficult for police to determine the senior crime figures who might have orchestrated the alleged foiled hits on his life.

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