Counter-terror raids, arrests in Dural caravan investigation
Police have conducted raids across Sydney and a number of people have been arrested after a months-long counter-terror investigation into a caravan laden with explosives found on a suburban street on the city’s fringe.
Police were called in mid-January to a property in Dural in Sydney’s north-west after reports a caravan had been dumped on the side of the road stocked with Power Gel explosives and notes suggesting targets in the Jewish community.
Explosives were found inside a caravan at a Dural property in Sydney’s north-west on January 19.Credit: TNV
Properties had been raided in the days that followed, but progress in the investigation had been closely guarded since.
The joint counter-terror team comprised of NSW and federal police on Monday executed the raids and firearm prohibition order searches.
Last month, this masthead revealed organised crime had emerged as a major investigative theory behind the caravan plot.
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Legal sources revealed underworld crime figures offered to reveal plans about the caravan weeks before its discovery by police, hoping to use it as leverage for a reduced prison term.
The sources, speaking anonymously to share sensitive details, say at least three criminals were hoping to use the caravan to garner a reduced sentence or to have charges dropped.
Three people have so far been allegedly linked to the caravan but not for direct reasons.
