Three arrested after bullets fired into Merrylands home, Porsche found ablaze
Three people have been arrested after bullets were fired into a house in Sydney's west on Thursday.
NSW Police said no-one was in the Merrylands home at the time shortly after 9am and no-one was injured.
A short time later, a Porsche was found ablaze in the neighbouring suburb of Chester Hill.
Police said the three people left in a Hyundai before being arrested in Yagoona while trying to flee officers.
Sources have told the ABC the house is linked to Alameddine crime network figure Ali Elmoubayed.
Mr Elmoubayed appeared in Parramatta Local Court a short time after the attack.
Taskforce Falcon, which was formulated last month to investigate and suppress violent crime in the Sydney metropolitan area, is investigating the shooting.
The taskforce was formed in the wake of Sydney underworld figure Dawood Zakaria being fatally shot while his car was stopped at traffic lights on a busy Granville street.
Taskforce Falcon will consist of more than 150 officers and draw help from the New South Wales Crime Commission in a bid to put pressure on feuding organised crime networks.
It will absorb investigations currently underway as part of 13 different underworld based strike forces and will be led by Criminal Groups Squad Commander Jason Box.
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