AAP General News (Australia)
08-26-2007
NSW: Officers injured during rail operation
SYDNEY, Aug 26 AAP - Transit officers have been assaulted during an operation targeting
illicit behaviour on trains in Sydney's south-west, police say.
The six-day operation which ran from Thursday to 3am (AEST) today and previously from
August 15 to 17 uncovered a range of offences involving robbery, assault, drugs and weapons
possession, and property damage.
Two transit officers were assaulted after they approached a group of people who jumped
the barriers at Lidcombe Railway Station about 4.40pm (AEST) on August 23, a police spokesman
says.
The officers were allegedly kicked and punched by the group resulting in them being
taken to hospital with minor injuries.
Seven people from the group were arrested with a 22-year-old Berala woman and two 17-year-old
girls each charged with affray and three counts of assault.
The operation focussed on trains and stations in and around Auburn, Lidcombe and Strathfield
and resulted in the arrest of 33 people, and the issuing of 370 infringement notices.
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