Police have made new arrests in connection with a suspected anti-Semitic terror plot, after explosives were found in a caravan abandoned by a Sydney roadside
The caravan lay beside a property in Dural, north-west Sydney, for 12 days in January until a local resident reported it, sparking a multi-agency probe.
An investigation revealed the explosives found inside could have created a 40m-wide blast.
Early on Monday, officers from NSW Police and Australian Federal Police launched a series of raids and arrested a number of people in connection with the caravan.
Detectives now believe it may have links to organised crime.
They ar eunderstood to suspect a criminal ditched the mining explosives in the caravan in a bid to reduce a possible prison sentence, The Daily Telegraph reported.
It was initially believed it could be linked to anti-Semitic attacks after a note was found inside the caravan with the addresses of Jewish people and a synagogue.
It also included the words: ‘F*** the Jews.’
Police have been treating the situation as a credible terror threat and launched a desperate hunt for the caravan’s origins, owners and any associates of the owners.
The owners of the caravan were taken into police custody in January after they had previously been arrested over other alleged offences.
It’s understood they have not not charged in relation to the explosives found in the caravan.
NSW Premier Chris Minns described the incident as the discovery of a potential mass casualty event.
‘There’s only one way of calling it out and that is terrorism,’ he said at the time of the caravan’s initial discovery.
‘I want to make it very clear, please take this threat incredibly seriously.
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Police are investigating a possible terror threat after a caravan was found with explosives and a note containing the address of Jewish people and a synagogue
