Police believe that one organised criminal mastermind was behind both the discovery of explosives in a caravan at Dural and multiple crimes directed at Sydney’s Jewish community, and that personal gain not antisemitism was the motive.

Australian Federal Police revealed on Monday that the Dural explosives were not part of an intended mass casualty attack, but what Deputy Commissioner Krissy Barrett labelled a “fabricated plot” and part of a “criminal con job”.