Forensic Investigators examine the burnt-out car in which Michael Daou was found last November. Police have since charged five men in relation to the murder of Mr Daou.AN ENDEAVOUR Hills man was one of five charged with murder last week after a two-month police investigation into the kidnapping and killing of Michael Daou.
Kevin Ng, 22, appeared in the Melbourne Magistrates’ Court last Friday over the murder of Mr Daou, 22, whose body was found in the boot of a burnt-out car in Narre Warren North on 18 November last year.
Police said he died from several gun shot wounds to his upper body after he was abducted from Red Court Reserve in Scoresby.
Ng is charged with murder, kidnap and unlawful imprisonment.
Adam Hargrave, 26, of Docklands, Ngoc Bui, 21, of Frankston, Andrew Johnston, 25, of Docklands and Quoc Bui, 24, of Dandenong, were also each charged with murder, kidnap and unlawful imprisonment.
Hargrave is also charged over a range of drug offences.
Hargrave’s father, Mooroolbark resident Garry Charles Hargrave, 51, is charged with kidnap, being an accessory to murder, unlawful imprisonment and drug offences.
The arrests followed a major police operation that involved raids in several suburbs across Melbourne last week.
Police said they seized more than $450,000 in cash and drugs valued at $600,000 during the operation.
Magistrate Peter Mealy remanded all six men in custody to appear in court on 1 June.
