Luxury waterfront unit complex surrounded by specialist police officers in Sydney
Specialist officers attached to NSW Police and the Australian Federal Police have closed off a street in Sydney's inner city.
At least a dozen officers, in official police uniform, riot gear and plain clothes surrounded a luxury water-front unit complex on Pirrama Road in Pyrmont just before 3pm today.
An AFP spokesperson confirmed to nine.com.au they are at the location to serve an arrest warrant, but did not specify what it was in relation to.
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Several police cars blocked off Pirrama Road just before 3pm. 9News
Plain clothed and uniformed officers from the AFP and NSW Police are on the scene. Nine
Police cars closed off access to the street and several people are being spoken to at the location.
It is not yet confirmed if the Pyrmont incident is linked to Operation Ironside, an international policing effort which involved raided multiple properties across Australia this morning.
Operation Ironside involved the use of a secret encrypted app to catch criminals, and included efforts from the FBI alongside the AFP.
The scene had many curious as to what police were doing. Nine
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It has so far resulted in the arrest of more than 100 leading crime figures with hundreds of charges already laid.
Police have also collected 3.7 tonnes of drugs, 104 weapons, almost $45 million in cash and assets expected to run into the millions of dollars.
More to come.
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