Police have raided at least one home in Merrylands, western Sydney, on Wednesday morning following alleged threats against a Sydney police station.
A statement from NSW police said the searches were being conducted under the powers of firearms prohibition orders “which were previously served on a number of men linked to the addresses being searched”.
Police said Wednesday’s raids were not led by counter-terrorism teams, but by firearms teams.
“Nothing of interest was located but Middle Eastern Organised Crime Squad detectives are continuing their investigation into information about a threat involving a firearm at a greater Sydney police station,” police said in an update.
The ABC reported the raid was in the same street where raids took place in October following the shooting of police employee Curtis Cheng.
One of the properties raided is believed to be the family home of 22-year-old Talal Alameddine, who is accused of providing the gun used in the fatal shooting of Cheng on 2 October.
Alameddine, who was charged in October, remains in police custody.
The house in Lockwood Street is understood to have been raided several times before.
