Three further men have been charged over their alleged roles in the serious assault of another man at a restaurant in Western Sydney in 2015.
In November 2015, the Criminal Groups Squad’s Strike Force Raptor commenced an investigation into the activities of an organised criminal network operating across Sydney.
The investigation was expanded in 2016 to include detectives from the Homicide Squad and the Drug and Firearms Squad.
As part of the broader investigation, Strike Force Raptor has been conducting inquiries into the serious assault of a man at St Marys in August 2015.
Police will allege in court that the man was detained by a group of men at the rear of a restaurant at St Marys and seriously assaulted.
The man suffered multiple fractures to his hand, wrist, and arm, as well as a broken jaw, which later required surgery and the insertion of plates to be realigned.
A 27-year-old man was arrested and charged in September 2018. He remains before the courts.
Following further investigations, a 29-year-old man was arrested by Strike Force Raptor at Goulburn Police Station about 9.25am yesterday (Tuesday 8 January 2019).
He was charged with cause grievous bodily harm to person with intent (principal in the second degree).
The man remains in custody and will next appear at Penrith Local Court on Friday (11 January 2019).
From 10.45am today (Wednesday 9 January 2019), two further men – aged 26 and 30 – were arrested by Strike Force Raptor at a corrections facility at Silverwater.
Both men were charged with cause grievous bodily harm to person with intent.
They remain in custody and will next appear at Blacktown Local Court tomorrow (Thursday 10 January 2019).
Police are urging anyone with information in relation to organised criminal activity to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. Photos and videos that may assist Strike Force Raptor can be provided directly to investigators via the Strike Force Raptor online reporting page: https://www1.police.nsw.gov.au/Default.aspx?id=49
Information you provide will be treated in the strictest of confidence. We remind people they should not report crime information via our social media pages.
