Ay Huncho, a Drill Rapper and accused member of the Alameddine crime network, stated on television that the organization “doesn’t even exist.”
The 25-year-old, whose real name is Ali Younes, consented to a rare sit-down interview with Four Corners reporter Grace Tobin, which aired on Monday night, regarding the so-called postcode battles raging in western Sydney.
Unannounced and accompanying Huncho to the interview was a dark individual who declined to be videotaped and is alleged to be a high-ranking member of the Alameddine group, which authorities claim violently controls much of Sydney’s heroin trade.
Throughout the interview, he instructs Huncho off-camera on what to say.
“It must be made very obvious that the Alameddine organized crime network does not exist. It was created by the cops,’ the figure states.
Huncho says, “Yes.”
He then faces the camera and states, “There is no criminal network.” The police and the media have fabricated this information. Nothing like that exists.
Ay Huncho has claimed in a television appearance (shown) that the Alameddine clan, which police say controls a significant amount of Sydney’s drug trade, does not exist.
The pictured Sydney rapper has been designated by authorities as an artist whose lyrics may promote gang violence.
WHAT EXACTLY IS DRILL MUSIC?
Community leaders have warned that ‘Drill’ music, a style of hip-hop, is fueling gang violence in Britain.
Hundreds of YouTube videos depict British rappers bullying and intimidating London residents from competing neighborhoods.
The harsh lyrics emphasize gang life, narcotics, firearms, and murder.
In a video that has been viewed over three million times, the rapper Digga D brags about needing to bleach his knife after wielding it in an attack.
Loski and Mayski, who are believed to be from London, boast of stealing a knife from their mother’s kitchen in the song named “Mummy’s Kitchen.”
In the videos, which are shot throughout the city, actors take care to conceal their faces.
In Australia, rap groups OneFour from Sydney’s west and 21District from Sydney’s inner west have embraced the style.
But police believe the Alameddine network, which is supplied by the Comanchero biker gang, is responsible for controlling a substantial amount of Sydney’s lucrative drug trade and employs beatings, kidnappings, and shootings to defend their operation.
As part of the show, reporter Mahmood Fazal was taken to one of the organization’s “trap houses” where bricks of cocaine smuggled into the nation are chopped up and sold on the streets.
After two blindfolded car journeys, he is escorted to a shipping container where two men in balaclavas show him the several weapons they are carrying before beginning to distribute the cocaine.
“I’m a little startled to see individuals that young doing that,” he says, noting that western Sydney street gangs are being recruited by crime syndicates.
In the past twelve months, police have linked the Alameddine clan to more than six assassinations.
Ali Younes and Masood Zakaria, both of whom have departed the country, along with Rafat Alameddine and Hamdi Alameddine are pictured from left to right.
In May of this year, some 450 police officers executed 29 search warrants that, according to the authorities, were all connected to the Alameddine network.
18 individuals between the ages of 19 and 39 who allegedly operated at the low to middle levels of the Alameddine drug distribution network were arrested during the sweeping operations.
Police seized phones, including one with 700 contacts, that were allegedly vital to an operation that supplied Sydney residents with cocaine, MDMA, cannabis, and prescription narcotics, generating more than $250,000 each week.
These mobile phones have been subject to competition… Assistant NSW Police Commissioner Michael Fitzgerald stated at the time that they have direct ties to a number of homicides.
While showing the Four Corners crew his former property in Merrylands, in Sydney’s southwest, Huncho reveals he has “lost count” of how many times he has been raided by police.
Younes asserts he has abandoned the ‘thug life’ and has collected millions of music streams (pictured)
“They showed me a firearm order prohibiting me from carrying firearms during my first raid,” Huncho explains.
I was informed that when I was 18 years old, my home was searched for firearms.
Ms. Tobin interjects, “Have they discovered any?
‘
‘No, I don’t use guns.’
How often have cops raided your residence?
‘ Ms Tobin asks.
‘Here it occurred six or seven times, with the house after likely being identical to the home after that, and then again. I’ve relocated frequently and been frequently raided,’ the rapper claimed.
The previous event occurred two months ago.
As a condition of his bail, Huncho is prohibited from associating with any alleged members of the Alameddine network, of which police believe he is a member, including his cousins.
Following an alleged altercation at a boxing match in November, he is currently facing allegations of affray, recklessly causing grievous bodily harm in company, and assault with intent to participate in the activity of a criminal gang.
In June, he was arrested at his Parramatta residence after authorities allegedly discovered a photo of him with an organized crime figure from May 20 on his Instagram account.
The photo was taken while Huncho was filming a music video for one of his songs near Mt Druitt, with the intention of taunting rival “postcode” gang members.
Younes was arrested earlier this year after authorities allegedly discovered a photo (above) of him with another alleged criminal on his Instagram account on May 20.
Huncho creates “drill rap,” a style loaded with references to utilizing knives, hammers, and firearms against rival gang members from opposing postcode suburbs.
The customary rule of silence around criminal groups, according to the police, is being broken by a new generation of adolescents seeking social media celebrity.
The commander of Strike Force Raptor, Jason Weinstein, stated on the program that drill rap is used to achieve reputation and that until you have committed the crime in question, you cannot sing or rap about it.
Raptor is charged with undermining Sydney’s organized crime, notwithstanding Weinstein’s denial of Huncho’s harassment claim.
I make no apologies for targeting those who associate with organized crime, which we do legally.
If he does not associate with these types of individuals, the authorities are unlikely to investigate him.
Sydney’s drill rap gangs:
OneFour is the name of a drill rap group as well as a different gang from Mount Druitt in western Sydney. Greater western Sydney support.
OneFour gang symbol – Two hands: four fingers raised on the left hand and the middle finger pointing upwards on the right.
Ay Huncho, a purported member of the Alameddine family, has criticized OneFour for being “inauthentic.”
Drill rappers who are also known as the ‘Inner West’ gang. From the inner west to Manly, there is support.
On the streets of Sydney and Melbourne, a scary new breed of street gangs is utilizing rap music to recruit new members and expand their internet identities.
Suburban gangs of lesser size have pledged allegiance to either 21 District or OneFour.
Cabramatta – 66 gang
Doonside – 67 gang
The Wood – Riverwood
The Blacktown and Blacktown Boys
Seven Hills – Seven Hills Boys
Inner Western Brotherhood, Gladesville/Cabramatta
Claymore, model number 2560
GQ, Business Insider, NSW Police, and Daily Telegraph are sources.
Drill-rap gangs in Melbourne:
Gangs in the southeast of Melbourne:
Young Risky Drillaz – Cranbourne
Reds – Frankston and Cranbourne
Next-Gen Shooters in Casey and Greater Dandenong
Eastside Drillers (active in various suburbs)
Gangs in western Melbourne:
Werribee – 97 gang
Werribee: Fraternity (BH)
Kings Park – Blood Drill Killers (former Apex)
Tarneit and Melton – Westside
37 gang (active in various suburbs)