Members of Sydney's most high-profile underworld families have reportedly been arrested during a series of dawn raids that busted an alleged drug importation syndicate.
The arrests include two brothers and the son of Kings Cross club owner John Ibrahim and underworld figures Mustapha Dib and Rock Ahmad, according to reports.
The series of raids began at dawn on Tuesday and involved both Australian Federal Police and NSW Police.
John Ibrahim's brothers, Michael and Fadi, were arrested in Dubai during the stings, Fairfax Media reports.
His son Daniel was also taken into custody, according to the Nine Network.
The searches related to "a number of separate, ongoing criminal investigations", an AFP spokesman said.
"Some of these relate to AFP investigations; some of these relate to joint agency investigations," they said in a statement.
The AFP said the raids were not terror-related, but declined to confirm details of the Dubai arrests.
John Ibrahim's Dover Heights home was targeted, along with properties in Vaucluse, Bellevue Hill, Bankstown, Punchbowl and Arncliffe, The Daily Telegraph reported.
The allegations involve a possible link to a plot to import hundreds of kilograms of MDMA into Australia, according to the ABC.
John Ibrahim, a colourful Sydney nightlife figure, has owned or controlled more than 40 licensed venues between 1988 and 2014.
The family has had the "dubious and unwanted honour" of watching their lives play out on the front pages of newspapers, he wrote in a recently released autobiography 'Last King of the X'.
The brothers have also been tied up in shootings and other attacks over the years.
Michael Ibrahim was hit in the shoulder by one of a number of bullets fired at him on his way home in Sydney's CBD in January 2015.
Fadi, John's second-youngest brother, also survived a near-fatal shooting outside a home in Sydney's north in June 2009.
Dib walked free from jail in February 2016 after his conviction for the murder of a young woman was quashed.
He was handed a sentence of at least 30 years in 2012 for the execution-style killing, but three judges found there was reasonable doubt he was responsible.
Ahmad is the brother of slain gangland kingpin Wally Ahmad, who was gunned down on the rooftop car park of Bankstown Central shopping centre in April 2016, one of a string of bloody executions that rocked the city over the past 16 months.
