Suspect extradited from Poland and charged over Sydney murder case
A 26-year-old man has been extradited from Poland to Australia and charged with murder, more than three years after a missing man’s body was found hidden in a metal cabinet. The case grew out of a 2023 investigation into alleged drug supply in Sydney, which led police to examine the disappearance of a 22-year-old man from Peakhurst.
Police found the body on 12 May 2023 at Warrell Creek, near Macksville on the NSW Mid North Coast. Two other men, aged 22 and 33, were charged over the alleged murder and their cases have since been dealt with by the courts. Detectives arrested the third suspect in Poland on 18 September 2026 with assistance from Polish authorities; he arrived in Sydney on Friday and was charged at Mascot Police Station.
In short
- A third suspect has been charged with murder in NSW.
- He was arrested in Poland and extradited to Australia.
- The victim’s body was found in a metal cabinet in 2023.
Explained simply
The case began with a 2023 investigation into alleged drug supply in Sydney, which led police to look into the disappearance of a 22-year-old man from Peakhurst. His body was found inside a metal cabinet at Warrell Creek, near Macksville on the New South Wales Mid North Coast.
Two other men were charged over the alleged murder, and their cases have been dealt with by the courts. The latest charge is against a third man, who was arrested in Poland and brought to Australia; a charge is an accusation, and the case must be considered through the courts.
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Originally published by Daily Mail as “Man extradited from Poland over alleged murder after body found stuffed inside metal cabinet”.