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A series of killings and gun violence have rocked a city with an already bloody criminal history
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Years before his death opened a new bloody chapter in the history of Sydney’s underworld, Alen Moradian was instructing his minions to bury $2.7m in a suburban vegetable garden.
The cocaine trafficker feared police were on to him, and wanted to hide the cash. He was right – he was soon charged with drug offences for which he was jailed for a minimum of 10 years.
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