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| Founded | 1990s |
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| Founding location | Perth, Western Australia |
| Territory | Perth, Western Australia |
| Ethnicity | Lebanese Australians |
| Activities | Drug trafficking |
Sword Boys is a street ganginPerth, Western Australia, consisting mostly of Lebanese Australians,[1][2] that has been known to authorities since mid-1990s.[3][4] Gang members have been reported to wear a miniature gold scimitar on a chain around their necks.[5][6]
Sword Boys has been responsible for amphetamine and ecstasy distribution in Western Australia,[7] and has also been linked to car rebirthingbyWestern Sydney gangs, where stolen cars are stripped and reassembled.[2]
In 2014 brothers Ziad Jneid and Rabih Jneid were arrested and charged as part of a drug syndicate coordinating the distribution of drugs (4 kg [8.8 lb] of crystal methamphetamine) across the Perth metropolitan area. They were charged with conspiracy to sell or supply a prohibited drug. Two other men also charged with supplying a prohibited drug.[8][9] Ziad Jneid has repeatedly denied any role in a Lebanese mafia operating in Perth called the Sword Boys.[10]
On 31 August 2016, Ziad Jneid and Rabih Jneid were convicted and sentenced by the Perth District Court after both pleading guilty before trial for their roles in the supply of almost 2 kg (4.4 lb) and almost 1 kg (2.2 lb), respectively, of methylamphetamine in 2014. Ziad Jneid received fourteen-and-a-half years' imprisonment and Rabih Jneid received 15 years' imprisonment. Both were described as being upper-echelon drug suppliers motivated by greed. The brothers have links to a notorious Perth Asian street gang jailed for their involvement in the 2013 extortion of a karaoke bar.[11][12]
