Alleged Bondi gunman also accused of cocaine supply

A man accused of pulling the trigger in a brazen underworld execution also faces charges for allegedly selling a kilo of cocaine and possessing a WWII-era Luger pistol.

Dut Deng faced Parramatta Local Court on Thursday, after being charged in relation to the 2023 shooting of convicted drug dealer Alen Moradian in a Bondi Junction car park.

The 24-year-old appeared in court via videolink from jail, and watched silently as his lawyer Mohamed Bejjaoui opted not to apply for bail on his behalf.

Deng, from Fairfield Heights in Sydney's west, was arrested on Wednesday and is alleged by police to have been the one who pulled the trigger in Moradian's murder.

He is the sixth person to be charged in connection with the incident, including the plot's accused mastermind who cannot be named for legal reasons.

Deng was charged with five offences including murder, drug and firearm related offences, and participating in a criminal group.

One of the charges relates to the alleged supply of a kilo of cocaine in Macquarie Park the day before his arrest.

Another of the charges is for allegedly possessing an unlicensed 9mm German Luger pistol in mid-December.

Two other men, aged 27 and 28, were also arrested this week with the younger man subsequently charged with eight firearm offences and the older man with drug-related offences.

Both men were also charged with participating in a criminal group.

Moradian, 48, was gunned down while sitting in a stationary vehicle in an underground car park near the busy Bondi Junction shopping precinct in Sydney's east on June 27.

Nicknamed "Fathead", Moradian was arrested in 2007 along with his wife Natasha Youkhana and others over what police said was one of the largest cocaine and money-laundering rackets in NSW history.

He was sentenced to 16 years and nine months in jail for drug importation and supply.

Police released CCTV footage of the shooting last year, showing two men pulling into the Bondi Junction car park in a Porsche SUV.

One of the men can be seen leaving the vehicle wearing a hood and holding a gun.

The man disappears for several seconds before quickly returning to the Porsche, which then speeds away.

Later footage captured the duo swapping the Porsche for a red Holden Cruze that was parked on nearby James Street in Bondi.

The burnt-out Porsche was subsequently found by police, while the Holden was located burned in the inner-city suburb of Zetland.

Deng's case was adjourned to until February 29 at Sydney's Downing Centre courts.

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