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Sydney Developer’s Brother Recovered Alive After Four-Day Covert Police Operation

Police urged media silence to protect the operation, with inquiries continuing.

Overview

  • NSW Police said George Ayoub, 28, was released uninjured about 2:15am on Monday in Chipping Norton.
  • The Robbery and Serious Crime Squad led a low-profile, four-day effort to locate him after a reported abduction last Thursday.
  • Police had asked news outlets not to publish details during the search out of concern publicity could endanger Ayoub.
  • CCTV from a nearby home reportedly showed three masked men seizing Ayoub outside his Belfield residence around 6am on Thursday.
  • No arrests or suspects have been publicly identified, and police say the probe, referred to as Strike Force Mammoth in local reports, is ongoing.