TWO brothers alleged to be top-ranking members of a brutal Brothers For Life gang faction run from western Sydney are behind bars.
Farhad Qaumi, 31, and Mumtaz Ahmed Qaumi, 29, appeared in the dock at Wyong Local Court on the NSW central coast today. The elder brother, allegedly the leader of the Brothers For Life Blacktown chapter, appeared first.
He was flanked by several police officers and showed little emotion as his lawyer said he would not apply for bail and it was formally refused.
Then Mumtaz Qaumi was led into the courtroom. He, too, declined to apply for bail.
Police say the brothers were linked by a fraternity of a different kind: guns, drugs and gangs.
Both are named in court documents as directing the activities of the Brothers for Life's Blacktown chapter and accused of supplying a psychedelic drug sold under the street name Nexus.