OVER 600 DOMESTIC VIOLENCE OFFENDERS ARRESTED IN FOUR-DAY OPERATION BY AUSTRALIAN POLICE

Tue 31 January 2023:

In a four-day investigation across the state, the New South Wales (NSW) state police in Australia reported on Tuesday that they had detained over 600 perpetrators of domestic abuse, Anadolu Agency reported.

Following a new high-impact operation targeting the state’s most dangerous domestic violence offenders, NSW police said in a statement that 648 people had been charged with serious charges.

Operation Amarok One in Australia’s most populous state ran from Jan. 24 to Jan. 27, said the police in a statement published on its website.

164 of NSW’s most sought domestic violence offenders, according to the police, were also among the 648 people.

“In addition to domestic violence-related offenses, the police detected various other serious offenses, including prohibited firearm and weapon possession, drug possession and supply, with a total of 1,153 charges laid,” said the police.

The police also recovered and seized 19 firearms and 49 prohibited weapons, as well as various types of illicit drugs.

“The NSW Police Force invests significant resources into responding to domestic and family violence; attending some 139,000 calls for assistance in 2022-with more than 33,100 of those actual assaults and 17 domestic-related murders,” Deputy Commissioner Mal Lanyon said.

“We continue to battle the perception that domestic violence is a ‘family matter’ and therefore should be treated as ‘private business.’ That is certainly not the case. It is a community matter, and we all have a part to play in stopping the senseless loss of lives due to this crime,” Lanyon added.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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