Police are investigating whether a body found off a Cronulla beach could be missing man Jamie Gao.
Security vision showing a man, believed to be Jamie Gao, and two others getting out of a vehicle last Tuesday on Arab Rd, Padstow. Source: Supplied
TO HIS family and friends Jamie Gao was a normal young man with no links to the drugs or crime.
So when he vanished last week after a mysterious meeting, police initially treated it as a possible kidnapping for ransom.
The 20-year-old had spoken excitedly about the meeting but was vague on details. His friends though were left in no doubt it had great significance to him.
It is starting to become clear exactly why he was vague on details of the meeting, on Arab Rd, Padstow last Tuesday.
Police revealed today he had drugs on him and went to the meeting as part of a major drug deal.
He was last seen, via CCTV footage, getting into a white car after talking with two men.
Police say 20-year-old Jamie Gao has been murdered. Source: Supplied
"We believe there was a drug transaction. Mr Gao had drugs with him when he went to the other car," police said today.
Three kilograms of methamphetamine have been seized by police from a car the investigation team is examining.
A body, thought to be Mr Gao, has been pulled from the water at Cronulla and police have charged former Kings Cross detective Glen McNamara, 55, with his murder.
The body was wrapped in a blue tarpaulin and recovered by police this morning.
Friends of Mr Gao initially took to social media to find him but have told news.com.au they don't want to comment out of respect to his family.
Students at the Sydney University where Mr Gao studied have been shocked by his death and alleged drug involvement.
Former detective Glen McNamara is escorted to prison after appearing at Kogarah Local Court for the murder of Jamie Gao. Source: News Corp Australia
Andy Zephyr, the student association president at the University of Technology where Mr Gao studied, didn't want to be speculate on the circumstances surrounding his death before they had been confirmed by police.
There were already a lot of rumours, he said.
But the drug link was troubling.
"It is a shock … For those [at the university] that know him, it would be a shock."
However he did say something that could be done to assist students was to educate them about drugs and drug culture.
Mr Zephyr said armed with that information students could make decisions that could benefit them and their safety.
As part of the university's duty of care to students anyone upset about Mr Gao's death would be offered counselling.
Among the last conversations Mr Gao had with his friends was his excited talk about an upcoming meeting that had great significance to him.
"Jamie told friends the meeting was really important, was excited about it but wouldn't say much else," Robbery and Serious Crime Squad head Detective Superintendent Luke Moore told The Daily Telegraph.
The Commander of the Robbery and Serious Crime Squad, Detective Superintendent Luke Moore, talks to media about murder victim Jamie Gao. Source: News Corp Australia
But it appeared he wasn't fearful for his safety.
"And when he talked to friends he indicated he would be seeing them later in the day.
Until last week there was nothing in Mr Gao's background to suggest he was involved with drugs or any criminal activity.
He didn't have lots of money or a lavish lifestyle.
But Supt Moore warned: "That is not to say he may not have gotten involved in something way above his head."
Mr Gao is an only child and his mother, who owns a business in Hurstville, has cut short a trip to Hong Kong to return to Sydney.
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