NSW Deputy Commissioner Nick Kaldas has warned remaining Brothers For Life members that there will be no let up in the police force's bid to shut the menacing gang down following the arrest of the band's leader Farhad Qaumi.
Qaumi, 31, was arrested late yesterday by heavily armed Tactical Operations Unit officers and investigators from the Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad outside a hotel on the Central Coast.
His younger brother, Mumtaz Qaumi, 29, was also arrested in yesterday's raids at Wyong. A third man, aged 27, was arrested at Auburn.
Police believe with the arrest of Qaumi - who is known as "the Afghan" - they have now knocked out its two most dominant chapters and had "cut the head off the snake".
"There are only a small number of Brothers For Life members left," Kaldas said in a press conference this morning. "He (Qaumi) is a leader of the group, a leader of a faction.
"Speculation this is the end of the group is premature but I'm optimistic those who have caused the damage are now either in custody or neutralised.
"There are still individuals out there, we know who they are and we will be coming to get them. Come forward now before we come for you.
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Qaumi recently became a target after he was fired upon by a gunman while on the luxury yacht Oscar II which was docking at Rose Bay Wharf on New Year's Day.
Also on the boat were a number of B4L members and other colourful Sydney identities. He was treated for a gunshot wound to his shoulder after up to 20 bullets were fired at the vessel.
