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Four Arrested Over Alleged Shooting Contracts in Sydney - Sydney, NSW
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Four people from Victoria have been arrested after police allege they travelled to Sydney in connection with two shootings in Sydney's south-west.
Four people from Victoria have been arrested following an investigation into two shooting incidents in Sydney's south-west, with police alleging the group travelled from Melbourne to carry out criminal contracts.
The investigation began after police were called to Dora Street in Hurstville at about 2:30am on August 31. Officers were told that three men had allegedly forced their way into a home while no occupants were present. Police allege that a gunshot was fired into a wall before the men left the property in a black sedan.
About half an hour later, at approximately 3am, police received reports of shots being fired at a parked vehicle on Reede Street in Turrella. Officers found a grey sedan that had allegedly been struck by multiple gunshots. No injuries were reported in either incident.
The investigation was initially handled by officers from St George Police Area Command before being taken over by the State Crime Command's Raptor Squad under Strike Force Fedora.
As investigators examined the incidents, they identified four people who police allege had travelled from Victoria to Sydney in connection with the shootings.
Police subsequently conducted searches at properties in Lurnea and Campbelltown on September 9. Investigators allege that the group had stayed at locations in Sydney between August 30 and September 1.
Further search warrants were executed in Victoria on September 16 in Broadmeadows, Campbellfield, Mickleham and Donnybrook. The operation involved NSW Police Raptor Squad officers working alongside Victoria Police's Homicide Squad and VIPER Taskforce.
A 22-year-old man was arrested in Epping, while a 23-year-old man, a 26-year-old woman and a 16-year-old boy were arrested in Donnybrook.
All four were taken to Melbourne West Police Station.
The following day, September 17, the four appeared before Melbourne Magistrates Court, where NSW authorities applied for their extradition. The application was granted, allowing the suspects to be transferred to NSW.
Police said the four were expected to be taken to Albury Police Station, where they would face charges connected with the investigation.
The arrests form part of ongoing inquiries into alleged organised criminal activity and firearm offences connected with the two Sydney shootings.
No injuries were reported in either of the August 31 incidents, although the alleged gunfire caused damage to a residential property and a parked vehicle.
The investigation remains ongoing, and police have appealed for information that could assist detectives.
The people arrested have not been convicted of the alleged offences. The allegations will be tested through the NSW court process.
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Four people from Victoria have been arrested following an investigation into two shooting incidents in Sydney's south-west, with police alleging the group travelled from Melbourne to carry out criminal contracts.
The investigation began after police were called to Dora Street in Hurstville at about 2:30am on August 31. Officers were told that three men had allegedly forced their way into a home while no occupants were present. Police allege that a gunshot was fired into a wall before the men left the property in a black sedan.
About half an hour later, at approximately 3am, police received reports of shots being fired at a parked vehicle on Reede Street in Turrella. Officers found a grey sedan that had allegedly been struck by multiple gunshots. No injuries were reported in either incident.
The investigation was initially handled by officers from St George Police Area Command before being taken over by the State Crime Command's Raptor Squad under Strike Force Fedora.
As investigators examined the incidents, they identified four people who police allege had travelled from Victoria to Sydney in connection with the shootings.
Police subsequently conducted searches at properties in Lurnea and Campbelltown on September 9. Investigators allege that the group had stayed at locations in Sydney between August 30 and September 1.
Further search warrants were executed in Victoria on September 16 in Broadmeadows, Campbellfield, Mickleham and Donnybrook. The operation involved NSW Police Raptor Squad officers working alongside Victoria Police's Homicide Squad and VIPER Taskforce.
A 22-year-old man was arrested in Epping, while a 23-year-old man, a 26-year-old woman and a 16-year-old boy were arrested in Donnybrook.
All four were taken to Melbourne West Police Station.
The following day, September 17, the four appeared before Melbourne Magistrates Court, where NSW authorities applied for their extradition. The application was granted, allowing the suspects to be transferred to NSW.
Police said the four were expected to be taken to Albury Police Station, where they would face charges connected with the investigation.
The arrests form part of ongoing inquiries into alleged organised criminal activity and firearm offences connected with the two Sydney shootings.
No injuries were reported in either of the August 31 incidents, although the alleged gunfire caused damage to a residential property and a parked vehicle.
The investigation remains ongoing, and police have appealed for information that could assist detectives.
The people arrested have not been convicted of the alleged offences. The allegations will be tested through the NSW court process.
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