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Bilal Alameddine is serving sentences for gun and drug supply offences.

‘Ready 2 chalk out every Alameddine’: Cartel threatens to wipe out notorious crime family

A new front has opened in Sydney’s gangland war with a breakaway group threatening to eliminate the dominant family.

  • Perry Duffin

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The car on the property belonging to the Alameddines erupted in flames shortly after midnight.

CCTV captures midnight firebombing of Alameddine home

The Sydney home of a high-profile member of the crime family was targeted in the late-night attack, which engulfed an SUV parked out the front.

  • Daniel Lo Surdo
The dining room.
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Chef Ceylon

A Toongabbie gem loved by Kylie Kwong.

Egg and vegetable kottu roti.
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Don’t miss the ‘chopped roti’ dish at this Sri Lankan eatery in western Sydney

Chef Ceylon’s kottu roti crackles with deep-fried curry leaves and coconut shreds.

  • Lee Tran Lam
Strike Force Cyan at Bella Vista on Thursday

‘Drop the phone, drop the laptop now’: Inside a dark web drug bust

Three friends in their 20s sat in a BMW on a Bella Vista suburban street. Then the police moved in.

  • Sally Rawsthorne
A man has been charged with faking his own kidnapping.

Man charged after allegedly staging his own kidnapping and assault

Police allege the 31-year-old western Sydney man attempted to extort money from people he knew, but was found without injury later at a cafe in the city's south.

  • Josh Dye
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The plasma cutter

'Making a difference': law enforcement confident in the war on drugs

The AFP insist they are making a dent in the huge volume of drugs arriving into Australia, as three men face court on in relation to an alleged cocaine bust

  • Sally Rawsthorne
Roti with a selection of Sri Lankan curries.

Hopper to it: XDream the stalwart of Sydney's Little Sri Lanka

There's never a quiet moment at XDream in Toongabbie.

  • Andrew Levins
Isaak el Matari, arrested by counter-terror police on Tuesday

'Sworn allegiance to ISIS': Sydney men arrested over foiled terror plot

Three men have been arrested following police raids on homes in Sydney's south-west on Tuesday.

  • Sally Rawsthorne and Matt Bungard
A long way from home: Jeyrasa Jeyarupan, 23, lost three family members in the Sri Lanka bomb blasts.

In Sydney, Little Sri Lanka mourns at the news of family members lost

In the heart of Toongabbie, Sydney's Little Sri Lanka, Jeyarupan Jeyarasa is in mourning, after learning he lost three family members in Sri Lanka's bombing blasts almost 9000km away.

  • Lucy Cormack, Simone Fox Koob and Marissa Calligeros