Police offer $250k reward for alleged Coconut Cartel kingpin

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 5 Nov, 21:09 · Archive

NSW Police have offered a $250,000 reward for information on the whereabouts of Anthony Pele, 25, an alleged leader of the Coconut Cartel wanted for murder. Pele fled Australia in August 2023 after he allegedly conducted a mistaken-identity shooting while trying to target a member of the Comanchero Outlaw Motorcycle Gang.

On 23 July 2023, Ahmad al-Azzam was sitting in his car in an industrial area in Greenacre at about 2am when a gunman, believed to have been Pele, opened fire, shooting him multiple times. Mr al-Azzam died in hospital a week later. Pele is wanted for numerous alleged crimes including murder, shooting with intent to murder, conspiracy to murder, conspiracy to kidnap and supplying commercial quantities of prohibited drugs in New South Wales.

Pele has been openly posting his location on Instagram, with images from May and April this year tagging Albania as his location. The most recent image shows him standing on a jetty near Palase Beach on the Albanian Green Coast, though his face was blurred in the post. Detectives from State Crime Command have been working with the Australian Federal Police and overseas police services to establish Pele's exact whereabouts, but these remain unknown.

How it is being reported

• Police issue $250k reward for info on whereabouts of alleged Coconut Cartel kingpin Anthony PeleAn alleged crime kingpin wanted for murder has been openly posting his location on Instagram. Now police are hoping that will help flush him out.Perth Now · 5 Nov, 20:38
• Police issue $250k reward for info on whereabouts of alleged Coconut Cartel kingpin Anthony PeleAn alleged crime kingpin wanted for murder has been openly posting his location on Instagram. Now police are hoping that will help flush him out.The West Australian · 5 Nov, 20:38

In this story: Anthony Pele · Ahmad al-Azzam · Coconut Cartel · NSW Police · Comanchero Outlaw Motorcycle Gang · Australia · Albania

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