A notorious Comancheros bikie known for his love of designer brands will reportedly move to Melbourne if he’s freed from jail later this year.
The gang’s former national sergeant-at-arms Tarek Zahed has spent the last two years behind bars after pleading guilty to destroying evidence in the execution of family friend Youssef Assoum in Sydney‘s south-west in 2014.
He was originally charged with murdering Assoum, alongside his brother Abdul.
But late twist on the eve of Zahed’s trial in 2022, the murder charges were dropped after he and his brother Abdul struck a plea deal.
Tarek, dubbed the ‘ Balenciaga Bikie’ and ‘Gucci Gangster’ pleaded guilty to the lesser charges of hindering the discovery of evidence relating to the cleaning and ordering the destruction of Mr Assoum’s car.
He was sentenced to three-and-a-years in prison, with a two-year and four-month non-parole period.
With time served, Tarek Zahed will be eligible for release as early as December 27.
If he’s freed, Zahed is reportedly expected to move interstate and reconnect with his Comancheros associates in Melbourne.
Former national sergeant-at-arms of the Comancheros Tarek Zahed (pictured) could be freed by the end of this year
In August 2022, Tarek Zahed (pictured left) was seen with catching up with then national Comancheros president Allan Meehan (second left) and other associates in Melbourne before he was arrested in Sydney a week later
He has strong connections in Melbourne and would face less stringent restrictions from authorities, underworld sources told the Herald Sun.
Formerly the national sergeant-at-arms of the Comancheros, Zahred was once viewed as a potential successor to take over from Mick Murray as national president before Allan Meehan got the job.
In May 2022, Zahed was shot 10 times outside an Auburn gym in western Sydney.
His brother Omar, 39, died after he was shot several times in the arms, stomach and legs, while Zahed was taken to Westmead Hospital in a critical condition.
He survived the attack but suffered significant injuries including losing an eye.
At the time, a source said he had ‘completely lost sight in his right eye’, rendering him virtually blind, as he already had reduced vision in his left eye.
‘He had an incident years ago that means vision in his left eye is only 20 to 30 per cent,’ the source said.
‘So with him likely being blind in his right eye now, he will be almost completely unable to see.’
Omar Zahed (top) was shot dead in the execution-style attack and his brother Tarek (bottom) was shot multiple times resulting in his losing his right eye
Youssef Assoum (pictured) was shot dead in Sydney’s south-west in 2014.
Three months later in August 2022, Zahed was later seen for the first time at a dinner with then- national Comanchero president Meehan and other associates, decked out in designer clothes and jewellery at a Melbourne restaurant.
Despite having been shot 10 times, there were no visible scars on the face of the bikie hard man in the photo.
Less than a week later, police dramatically arrested Zahed in Sydney’s east over his involvement in the 2014 underworld murder of Assoum in Bankstown in Sydney’s south-west in December 2014.
Officers in tactical gear stormed a busy road in Edgecliff, taking the outlaw motorcycle club’s national sergeant-at-arms into custody.
A number of rubber bullets were fired into his black BMW with several large holes seen in the partially shattered back windows.
Zahed was seen sitting on the road beside his damaged BMW hatchback, dazed and with blood dripping down his face as he is spoken to by police.
