Police in the Australian state of New South Wales can now search the homes, cars, planes and boats of convicted drug dealers without a warrant as part of the crackdown on Sydney criminal gangs involved in public executions and turf wars.
Police Minister Paul Toole says the new powers are applicable to anyone who has been convicted of a serious drug offence in the past decade.
“Police are able to knock down doors, they’re able to actually deal with these convicted drug dealers without a warrant,” Toole said on Tuesday.
“Those people … can expect a knock on the door and can expect continual knocks on the door.
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