A 28-year-old man was arrested in Queanbeyan as part of Operation Amarock. Photo: Julia Gomina.
Statewide police raids included the arrest of a man attempting to hide under clothes and bedding in Queanbeyan.
NSW Police said officers went to a property at Karabar to conduct a firearms prohibition order search and AVO compliance check at about 9 am on 21 August.
At the home, officers found a 28-year-old man hiding under clothing and bedding in a bedroom.
They also allegedly seized an unregistered 0.22 calibre loaded firearm and a small amount of illicit drugs believed to be methylamphetamine.
The man was charged with possessing an unregistered firearm, not keeping a firearm safely, possessing ammunition and breaching bail conditions.
He appeared at Queanbeyan Local Court on 22 August.
The arrest was made as part of Operation Amarok, which is a statewide operation focusing on domestic and family violence offenders with an elevated level of threat to their victims.
During the recent four-day operation between 21-24 August, police made 551 arrests across NSW.
Police laid 642 charges, conducted 14,910 ADVO compliance checks, 1432 bail compliance checks, 156 firearm prohibition order compliance checks and seized 84 firearms.
In addition, police went to over 120 schools and spoke to more than 10,000 students to deliver presentations on respectful relationships and coercive control.
NSW Police executive sponsor for domestic and family violence, Deputy Commissioner Peter Thurtell, said educating the next generation was just as important as locking up the offenders.
“While the operational results under Operation Amarok are crucial to our fight against domestic and family violence, so too is preventing the problem in the first place,” he said.
“This Operation Amarok, we had a focus on getting into schools and in front of students to educate them about the various issues that lead to people becoming domestic offenders.
“Kids are our future and teaching them about domestic violence early gives them the power to break the cycle.”
The Women’s Community Shelters (WCS) CEO, Annabelle Daniel OAM, said it was excellent to see NSW Police maintaining momentum on domestic violence offences as a key priority of the force through Operation Amarok VII.
“Educating high school students about the coercive control laws should go hand in hand with Respectful Relationships education in schools, provided by experts in education, which takes a strengths-based approach and teaches kids about healthy behaviours, navigating consent, and understanding gender dynamics,” she said.
“In WCS’ experience, high school students are also very good at getting engaged in proactive ways to support local domestic violence services, which is also a great way to learn.”
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