Overview

• Strike Force Hallet has linked three July 2024 incidents—a torture kidnapping, an attempted burial-murder and the fatal shooting of Rich “Dylan” Choup—to a suspected contract crew.
• Police released multi-state CCTV of vehicles including an Audi SQ2, Volkswagen Golf, Hyundai Getz, Lexus and Audi RS3 believed to have carried the perpetrators.
• Investigators recovered a box cutter during a Canley Vale crime scene search warrant that is thought to have been used to sever a victim’s ear.
• Authorities are urging anyone with information on the persons of interest in the footage to come forward via Crime Stoppers.
• The investigation underscores a growing trend of organised crime syndicates outsourcing extreme violence through specialised contract crews.