Monday, August 22, 2022

The Block contestant linked to drug lord

 




Former professional rugby player Omar Slaimankhel (left) and building maintenance man Ozman (Oz) Abu Malik (right) are contestants on The Block

Channel Nine has revealed the network had no idea one of The Block's biggest stars was in the car with Mostafa Baluch when the accused drug-kingpin cut off his ankle bracelet and fled, sparking one of Australia's biggest manhunts.

Omar Slaimankhel, who currently stars on the home renovation reality series was allegedly driving in a vehicle with Baluch in Sydney on the night of October 25 last year, according to The Daily Telegraph.

 

The two men, who are both Australian-Afghani, were heading along the city's northern beaches when the accused crime boss facing life behind bars for allegedly importing $270million cocaine, removed his tracking monitor in a desperate bid to escape overseas. 

He was found by police 16 days later, hidden in the boot of a Mercedes concealed inside a shipping container being towed by a truck on the NSW-Queensland border.

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