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By Miriah Davis
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Police have charged three alleged "contract criminals" as part of a crackdown on "kill car" networks in Sydney. (Supplied: NSW Police)
Police have executed a string of raids in Sydney leading to the arrest of three alleged "contract criminals".
Strike Force Flodine detectives were investigating G7 group members and a network of "kill cars" allegedly used to carry out organised crime jobs.
Two of the men charged by police did not apply for bail in court on Friday.
A 16-year-old boy is among three alleged "contract criminals" who have been charged as part of a police crackdown on "kill cars" in Sydney.
NSW Police said a string of raids under Strike Force Flodine were undertaken this week, leading to the arrests, as well as five cars seized and multiple warrants executed.
Contract criminals are people who are hired by organised crime networks to carry out serious offences like kidnapping or murder, using staged vehicles.
Detectives were investigating a recently-formed criminal syndicate, G7, whose members were alleged to be using a network of these "kill cars" to carry out organised crime jobs.
The crew is one of several groups of "contract criminals" allegedly using these cars, police say.
Strike Force Flodine has made a series of arrests in Sydney. (NSW Police)
Detective Superintendent Peter Faux from the Organised Crime Squad on Friday said criminal contractors were willing to do the "dirty work" for organised crime groups.
"It's quite often that these people, these criminal contractors, only play one part in what may turn out to be a serious and organised crime," he said.
In most cases, the "contractors" don't know the intended victim of a potentially violent crime, Superintendent Faux said, but play a crucial role regardless.
"They have the same blood on their hands as the people who inevitably carry out the act of violence in the end."
Detective Superintendent Peter Faux says criminal contractors are willing to do the "dirty work" for organised crime groups. (ABC News: Ethan Rix)
From 6am on Thursday, a number of search warrants were undertaken in suburbs across the city's south-west.
In addition to the cars, police also seized a firearm, ammunition, $41,000 in cash, as well as GPS trackers and 37 mobile devices.
A 16-year-old boy was arrested in Hinchinbrook and taken to Liverpool Police Station.
He was charged with driving conveyance taken without consent of owner, being carried in conveyance taken without consent of owner, driving without a licence and participating in a criminal group.
Police seized five cars as well as a firearm, ammunition, cash, GPS trackers, and 37 mobile devices. (NSW Police )
During a raid in Oran Park, police arrested two men, aged 18 and 21.
They were taken to Camden Police Station, where the younger man was charged with dealing with property intended to be an instrument of crime, conspiracy to take a person intending to commit a serious indictable offence, participating in a criminal group and knowingly dealing with proceeds of crime with intent to conceal.
The older man was charged with possessing or using a prohibited weapon without permit, use, supply, acquire or possessing a defaced firearm, knowingly dealing with proceeds of crime, dealing with property intended to be an instrument of crime and participating in a criminal group.
The pair did not apply for bail in Bail Court on Friday.
Superintendent Faux said the use of "kill cars" had become a "common denominator in serious and violent crimes linked to organised crime".
"These vehicles aren't just transport, they're tools of violence," he said.
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