The sister of the alleged drug kingpin known as 'Australia's Pablo Escobar' has claimed he may have been kidnapped - as it's revealed he bragged to associates about having $30million in savings and 'running' the country's cocaine market.
Mostafa Baluch allegedly fled for parts unknown on Monday night after skipping bail, cutting off his ankle bracelet and fleeing his home on Sydney's northern beaches triggering an international search.
Police allege the fugitive was the sole financier of a shipment of cocaine with an estimated street value of at least $AUD270million.
Authorities fear the missing restaurateur may have fled NSW onboard a private jet from Bankstown Airport.
However, the 33-year-old's sister Wagma Baluch believes her brother has been kidnapped and claims he 'doesn't have a cent to his name'.
Mostafa's sister Wagma Baluch (left) is adamant her brother has been kidnapped despite police alleging he has fled Sydney after cutting off his ankle monitoring bracelet
Former restaurateur Mostafa Baluch, 33 (pictured), had been charged with financing a 900kg shipment of cocaine to Australia and was granted bail just days ago
'How do we know that he's not kidnapped?' Ms Baluch told The Australian.
'I just hope that he's somewhere safe and I really hope that no one's hurt him.'
She shut down suggestions her brother had escaped on a private jet and said he had been cuddling all of his nieces and nephews in the days before he vanished.
However she said she noticed the fugitive didn't seem 'mentally well'.
'He wasn't scared. He was very quiet, like normal. He's not a talkative person. And he knew he had a court appearance,' she said.
Another family member described his location as the 'million-dollar question'.
'We all want to know. We're all a working family,' the relative said. 'Everyone is grieving, reputation is on the line.'
Police say the 33-year-old has been actively contacting underworld contacts to arrange an escape flight out of NSW.
Court documents have revealed Mr Baluch communicated on the app An0 used by thousands of underworld figures but closely monitored by police.
One police transcript recorded the alleged drug kingpin bragging to an associate saying 'We control market'.
Another, while allegedly considering the impact of a cocaine shipment on market prices, Baluch pledged to an associate: 'I can pass 30 million of my own money.'
Pictured: The final images of 'Australia's Pablo Escobar' Mostafa Baluch before he disappeared on Monday after cutting his court-ordered ankle bracelet
The family of an alleged drug kingpin who is on the run have held crisis talks on the balcony of the sprawling home where he was last seen
Baluch - who has been in custody since June - was granted bail on Friday despite opposition from police that he posed too great a risk to the community.
His strict bail conditions included not leaving his Bayview home except to report to Mona Vale police station, offering the property, worth an estimated $4million, as surety and wearing his monitored ankle bracelet.
Police allege Baluch cut off the device and fled his home at 10:45pm on Monday.
Detective Superintendent Rob Critchlow, head of NSW Police organised crime, alleged Baluch was offering money to criminal networks to fly him out of the state.
'To cut a bracelet off your ankle which has been imposed by the court shows a very serious intent to flee,' he said. 'But we do believe that he is still in Australia'.
It is not clear where he might've travelled, but an international manhunt is underway.
Detectives on Thursday released two pictures of Baluch in the hours leading to his disappearance, the first showing Baluch smiling easily in Mona Vale.
A second image, taken after he was on the run, was CCTV footage of Baluch in a black car with Queensland number plates, reportedly flying down the M4 Motorway near Croydon - 50 minutes' drive from his house - about 2.30am.
Two other people were also in the car.
At least four of Mostafa Baluch's relatives - including his immigrant parents - were still at the Bayview family home on Sydney's Northern Beaches on Wednesday
Police allege Baluch (pictured) was the sole financier of a shipment of cocaine worth a total street value of $270 million
It comes as the alleged drug kingpin's family have demanded their 'privacy' be respected as they hold crisis talks.
At least four of Mostafa Baluch's relatives - including his immigrant parents - were still at the Bayview family home on Sydney's Northern Beaches on Wednesday.
They were seen huddled on the balcony of the $4 million sprawling home, which they will lose unless Baluch gives himself up as it was pledged as his bail where he was last seen, while cleaners tidied up inside.
Baluch is believed to have spent his last weekend before absconding at several farewell barbeques with family and friends.
As tradesman came and went to work on the house next door, Baluch's elderly father told Daily Mail Australia he and his family have no idea where the fugitive could be since he allegedly fled the state on Monday night.
A younger woman inside the home agreed, saying the family 'know nothing' before another girl said they were dealing with the aftermath of the matter as a family.
'We just want everyone to respect our privacy,' she said.
