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The thirteenth iteration of the operation started last Wednesday 13 May and ended Saturday 16 May.

Officers filed more than 2,000 charges as part of the blitz, including nearly 400 breaches of Apprehended Violence Orders.

The operation included 142 firearms prohibition order (FPO) searches, resulting in the police seizure of 94 fireams and 48 other weapons.

DV ‘cowards’ removed from homes

Minister for Police and Counter-terrorism Yasmin Catley said Operation Amarok sent a clear message to those she described as ‘cowards’, committing domestic violence offences.

The minister said police targeted offenders presenting the greatest risk, including repeat offenders, wanted offenders and those with outstanding warrants.

Domestic and family violence is a stain on our society,’ Minister Catley said, ‘these offenders rely on fear and control, and Amarok is about turning that pressure back onto them’.

Acting Assistant Commissioner Paul Dunstan referred to victim protection.

‘Operation Amarok is designed to intervene, support victims and ensure offenders are put before the court, with a focus on removing violent offenders from homes and enforcing protection orders,’ he said.

Reduction reported in Tweed-Byron DV offences

Locally, officers from the Richmond Police District shared images to Facebook last week of wanted offenders as part of the statewide blitz.

Further north, officers in the Tweed Byron Police District were yet to comment on the latest Operation Amorok.

Their latest data showed less than fifteen per cent of charges laid in the week ending Tuesday 12 May, were related to domestic violence.

The figure was a reduction compared to the usual rate of between a quarter to a third of all local crimes reported being linked to DV.

Officers reported 97 offences in total, with fourteen linked to domestic violence.

Eight offenders, five men and three women, were charged in relation to domestic violence.



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