{"id":625215,"date":"2026-04-23T07:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/625215\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T07:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T07:11:09","slug":"two-men-arrested-after-police-stop-alleged-kill-car-in-whalan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/625215\/","title":{"rendered":"Two men arrested after police stop alleged &#8216;kill car&#8217; in Whalan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two men are in custody after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"police\">police<\/a> in an alleged &#8216;kill car&#8217; in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/sydney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Sydney&#039;s\">Sydney&#8217;s<\/a> west with a shotgun, jerry cans of fuel and sledgehammers.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/nsw-police\" target=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Police\">Police<\/a> allege the pair were planning a violent crime, after also finding baseball bats, duct tape, cable ties and pillowcases in the car.<\/p>\n<p>Investigations began at 2.40am yesterday after police were called to a home invasion at Karangi Road in Whalan, where they were told four men forced entry into the house, allegedly with a gun and hammer.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/54f87812-d250-4a60-9730-d86b91630697.jpeg\"   alt=\"Jerry cans with fuel, sledgehammers, a shotgun and duct tape were all found in the back of a Mercedes SUV.\"\/>Jerry cans with fuel, sledgehammers, a shotgun and duct tape were all found in the back of a Mercedes SUV. (Supplied)<\/p>\n<p>The men left in a black Mercedes SUV before police arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Later yesterday, police saw two men in the garage of a home on Issanthe Street, unloading items from a Mercedes SUV into a Hyundai hatchback.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/0c3e384d-3870-4ffa-abcc-f765709ac23f.jpeg\"   alt=\"Police allege the car was set to be used to commit a violent crime.\"\/>Police allege the car was set to be used to commit a violent crime. (Supplied)<\/p>\n<p>When the hatchback left the house, it was stopped by police.<\/p>\n<p>The two men were arrested, and a search was undertaken on the Marsden Park home by Raptor Squad, where the black Mercedes was allegedly seized.<\/p>\n<p>Both men, 22, were charged with multiple offences, including possessing unauthorised firearm[s].<\/p>\n<p>They were both refused bail to appear at Mount Druitt Local Court today.<\/p>\n<p>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two men are in custody after police in an alleged &#8216;kill car&#8217; in Sydney&#8217;s west with a shotgun,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":625216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-625215","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625215","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/625216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}