Almost 650 people have been charged in a four-day police blitz targeting “dangerous” domestic violence offenders in Australia, police say.
Some 1,153 charges – for domestic violence, drugs and weapons – were laid during the operation in New South Wales last week.
Police also seized an array of illegal items, such as guns, a sword and drugs.
Australia has a huge domestic violence problem and police spend more time responding to the crime than any other.
Of the 648 people charged during “Operation Amarok” last week, 164 were among the state’s most wanted domestic violence offenders, police say.
Some had warrants out for their arrests, while others had breached court-issued protection orders – known as ap-prehended violence orders (AVO) – the NSW Police Commissioner Karen Webb said.
“We had grave concerns for victims so we targeted them,” she said.
