More than 600 arrested in blitz on NSW domestic violence offenders

Police lay 1,153 charges, with officers seizing drugs and dangerous weapons including knuckledusters, swords and hatchets

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More than 600 people have been arrested during a four-day police blitz on domestic violence offenders in New South Wales.

Police said officers arrested 648 people, including 164 of the state’s most wanted domestic violence offenders, in a wide-ranging operation last week dubbed Operation Amarok One.

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