A Supreme Court judge has found there is "credible" evidence an alleged crime boss accused of two gangland murders was illegally deported back to Australia to face charges.

Masood Zakaria, 30, is alleged to have fled to Türkiye in December 2021 after police issued an arrest warrant for two counts of murder, conspiracy to murder and drug offences.

After an Interpol blue notice was issued and after more than a year on the run, Mr Zakaria was returned to Sydney by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) in January 2023.

Unlike an Interpol red notice, which seeks the arrest of a suspect, the blue alert is issued to police globally only to gather information on a person or their location.

At the time, Mr Zakaria was considered among one of the most-wanted Australian fugitives being hunted acros

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