Operation Alliance: Police arrest hundreds of young men in dozens of raids across Melbourne
Police have used coronavirus lockdown to arrest more than 250 people and seize guns and swords in dozens of raids carried out in Victoria to crack down on youth street gangs.
Officers executed 88 search warrants over the past month, in suburbs such as Dandenong and Pakenham in the southeast and Deer Park and Caroline Springs in the west.
Overall, 251 arrests were made, with 70 people remanded in custody, on charges ranging from armed robbery, aggravated burglary, conduct endangering life and car theft to firearm and drug offences.
Other weapons seized in the raids included tomahawks, knives, tasers and swords.
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