Overview

• Four men extradited from New South Wales arrived in Queensland on June 6 and appeared in Brisbane Magistrates Court on June 9 charged over the alleged home invasion.
• Two victims aged 27 and 29 were held captive for several hours in a Sixth Avenue unit before specialist officers freed them unharmed.
• Police stormed the unit and arrested two suspects at the scene on charges of deprivation of liberty and extortion.
• NSW Police’s Raptor Squad arrested five suspects in Sydney’s western suburbs, with one extradition postponed on unrelated medical grounds.
• Detective Inspector Chris Toohey said the complex probe underscores intensified interstate cooperation and has led to the formation of a Sunshine Coast gang squad to tackle organised crime.