Almost 600 Charged After Domestic Violence Operation

Almost 600 Charged After Domestic Violence Operation
Police block off a street at Bondi Junction, an eastern suburb of Sydney on June 27, 2023 after a shooting incident. Andrew Leeson/AFP via Getty Images
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A New South Wales (NSW) Police operation targeting the state’s most dangerous domestic violence offenders has turned up illegal firearms and guns, and a corn snake.

Nearly 600 people were charged in the four-day operation, including 139 considered among the state’s most dangerous domestic violence offenders.

As well as checking compliance with restraining orders and bail conditions at least 5,000 times, police took out 315 new restraining orders and seized 22 firearms and 40 prohibited weapons.

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