Police have found a loaded semi-automatic handgun in the western Sydney home of John Ibrahim's mother during a search on Wednesday.
The search at the Merrylands home of Wahiba Ibrahim was part of a planned police operation, and follows a raid last week in which a semi-automatic rifle was allegedly seized at the property.
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Members of Ibrahim family to face court
Eight people, including members of Sydney's Ibrahim family, will face court accused of taking part in an international drug syndicate that was trying to import almost two tonnes of MDMA and other drugs into Australia.
The search warrant related to ongoing investigations by Strike Force Kelmscott, established by Firearms Squad detectives in 2016 to investigate the supply of guns and drugs in south-west Sydney.
"As part of their inquiries, strike force investigators, with the assistance of Australian Border Force officers and police attached to North West Metropolitan Region Enforcement Squad, executed a search warrant at a home at Merrylands about 11am today," a police statement said.
Police seized a loaded 9mm semi-automatic Beretta handgun, loaded magazines and various calibres of ammunition, the statement said.
Wahiba Ibrahim, 69, was spoken to with the assistance of an interpreter but no arrests were made.
In video footage of the search, police could be seen removing bags of evidence as they searched the property and its garden.
Last Tuesday, the home was raided as part of a co-ordinated operation targeting an alleged syndicate smuggling drugs and cigarettes into Australia.
Coined Operation Veyda, the sting was one of the most significant targeting organised crime in Australian history.
The co-ordinated raids on 28 Sydney properties led to the arrests of Michael and Fadi Ibrahim, the brothers of Kings Cross identity John Ibrahim, and Sydney underworld figures Steven Fawaz Elmir, Haykan Arif and Mustapha Dib.
It is understood Wednesday's search operation at the Merrylands home is in no way linked to Operation Veyda, but is part of a separate inquiry by the firearms squad.
In his recently published autobiography The King of the Cross, John Ibrahim reflected on the fibro housing commission Merrylands home where he and his brothers grew up.
With money no object in 2000, Mr Ibrahim bought his mother a clifftop mansion in Dover Heights, in Sydney's eastern suburbs.
However, he wrote that he soon learnt that his mother was "uncomfortable being so close to a cliff and all that wind, and hates being away from the Merrylands home she raised us in".
The nightclub identity later bought the old fibro house, knocked it down and built a two-storey, five-bedroom mansion; the property that was being searched on Wednesday.
with Rachel Olding