BY IAN CROUCH

Detectives investigating the murder of Tanilba Bay drug dealer, David King have arrested a 4th suspect in the case.

The 45-year-old was found shot dead in the driver’s seat of a car which had crashed in Hideaway Drive at Salt Ash on August 29.

Three men aged 26, 27 and 29 are before the courts on murder and accessory to murder charges.

Following further inquiries, a 28-year-old man was arrested at Newcastle Police Station on Tuesday.

He’s been charged with murder, kidnapping and possessing a shortened firearm without authority.

The man’s been refused bail to face Raymond Terrace Local Court on January 17.

Alleged murder victim David King