More than 200 charges were laid and 95 people arrested during a two-day crime crackdown in Sydney.
Police from multiple regions gathered for the high-visibility operation in Sydney’s north-west on Friday, October 25, and Saturday, October 25.
About 250 specialist police from multiple regions were deployed alongside the usual frontline officers.
Hundreds of extra police were deployed in a high-visibility crime crackdown in Sydney. (NSW Police)
Police targeted high-risk domestic violence offenders, the illegal sale and supply of vape and tobacco products, illegal firearms and weapons, drug supply, warrant offenders and breaches of the child protection register, while also conducting bail and domestic violence compliance checks and licensing checks.
As part of the operation, there were 95 arrests, including 13 offenders wanted on warrants and seven high-risk domestic violence offenders, with more than 200 charges laid and 11 knives and weapons seized.
High-risk domestic violence offenders were also targeted by specialised teams.
More than 200 charges were laid in two days. (NSW Police)
Officers carried 88 bail and 104 domestic violence compliance checks, and 386 licensing enforcement checks.
Police carried out 10 searches for weapons, in one case seizing some zombie knives, while more than 2100 knife scans were carried out.
PolAir and the dog unit police also helped prevent break-ins and disrupt the theft of cars for organised crime.
K9 officers helped disrupt the supply of stolen cars for organised crime. (NSW Police)
Police also targeted drug operations, seizing cannabis, methylamphetamine, heroin and steroids.
Officers also conducted child protection register home visits and compliance inspections, resulting in 35 fresh charges.
Across the operation, police issued 156 traffic infringement notices, conducted 1672 roadside breath tests and 37 roadside drug tests.
A joint operation with NSW Health into the illegal sale and supply of vape and tobacco products saw 1871 vapes, 145,878 illicit cigarettes and 11.6kg of loose-leaf tobacco seized.
