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NSW Police offer $250,000 reward to locate Anthony Pele
NSW Police are offering a $250,000 reward for information that helps locate Anthony Pele, a 25-year-old fugitive.
Pele is believed to be in Vietnam, after leaving Australia in 2023.
Police allege he leads the self-proclaimed Coconut Cartel and has helped coordinate attacks on rival crime groups in Sydney.
They also allege he shot dead an innocent bystander in Greenacre in 2023, mistaking the victim for a rival.
Since fleeing, Pele has been linked to alleged drug thefts and importations, and a foiled kidnapping plot.
Police want information that can help bring him back to Australia to face justice, and say they are working with international partners to find him.
NSW Police are offering a $250,000 reward for information that helps locate Anthony Pele.
Police consider Pele one of their highest-priority fugitives and believe he is in Vietnam.
Pele, 25, is alleged to lead the self-proclaimed Coconut Cartel and to be coordinating attacks on Sydney crime groups from overseas.
Police believe he fled Australia in 2023, after allegedly shooting dead Ahmad Al-Azzam in a case of mistaken identity.
Authorities say they are working with international partners to locate and apprehend him.
- Who
- NSW Police are offering the reward to anyone who can help locate Anthony Pele, a wanted crime figure.
- What
- A $250,000 reward has been offered for information to locate him.
- When
- The reward was announced on November 6, 2026.
- Where
- Police believe Pele is in Vietnam; he is wanted in NSW.
- Why
- Police want to locate and apprehend him so he can face justice in NSW.
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Police believe Pele shot dead Ahmad Al-Azzam in Greenacre in a case of mistaken identity.
Pele fled Australia.
The ABC reported that Pele was behind a kidnapping plot overseas that was intended to secure associates $1 billion worth of cocaine.
NSW Police announced a $250,000 reward to help locate Pele.
- Reward
- $250,000
- Wanted person
- Anthony Pele, 25
- Suspected location
- Vietnam
- Alleged gang
- Self-proclaimed Coconut Cartel
- Al-Azzam shooting
- Greenacre, July 2023
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What people are saying
This reward is significant. It means that someone out there, and we know it, knows something and now we want them to tell the police or indeed they can call CrimeStoppers.
He is one of our highest-priority fugitives
For more than three years detectives from state crime have worked tirelessly with our international partners to locate and apprehend him. We know the loyalties in criminal groups change.
we will not stop, time will not make a difference, this will not go away, we will bring you back and ensure you face justice in NSW.