Wetherill Park
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Crime
Cocaine worth hundreds of thousands of dollars was left in a Sydney park. It wasn’t there for long
Police allege the notorious gang known as The Commission used car parks, suburban streets and parks across the city to sell an eye-watering amount of cocaine.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
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Man charged over theft of $600,000 worth of Bluey coins
Detectives with Strike Force Bandit have arrested a Sydney man who allegedly stole 63,000 unreleased coins made by the Australian Mint.
- by Jessica McSweeney and Riley Walter
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Pauly’s Deli
This hidden kiosk in a business park makes a ‘glorious’ steak sanger to a 40-year-old family recipe
From rolls filled with layers of deli meats to sandwiches stuffed with doorstopper-sized schnitzels, there are plenty of home-made delights at Pauly’s Deli.
- by Lenny Ann Low
Driver, 18, dead and four passengers injured in Sydney car crash
A car carrying four young passengers ran off a road in Wetherill Park and crashed into a tree overnight, killing the 18-year-old driver.
- by Jessica McSweeney
Woman supervising learner driver dies after crash with truck
The prime mover allegedly moved forward and struck a 55-year-old woman standing outside a car. She later died at the scene.
- by Olivia Ireland
Elderly couple killed in Sydney house fire despite desperate rescue efforts
Neighbours attempted to rescue the 81-year-old Orisil Arispe and a 75-year-old Sonia Arispe but were unable to get into the Wetherill Park property due to the extreme heat.
- by Sarah Keoghan
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Crime
Boy charged as police swoop on alleged ‘KNGPN’ drug syndicate
The gang allegedly tried to import hundreds of kilograms of drugs worth more than $140 million into Australia.
- by Perry Duffin
Second man charged over ‘meticulous assassination’ of Mahmoud ‘Brownie’ Ahmad
Detectives will allege that Jason Laria was involved in planning the fatal shooting of the underworld figure as he left a Ramadan celebration in April.
- by Sally Rawsthorne
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Sydney emergency
Truck drivers’ ‘miracle’ escape as toxic smoke sparks evacuations
Two patients were taken to Liverpool Hospital after their trucks, one containing lithium batteries, ignited following an accident on Victoria Street in Wetherill Park.
- by Sarah McPhee
Supercluster confirmed as genetic fingerprint links two outbreaks 34km apart
The Thai Rock restaurants cluster is NSW’s biggest since Victoria’s hotel quarantine breaches foisted a second wave upon both states.
- by Kate Aubusson and Pallavi Singhal
Australia records highest COVID cases as fears NSW following Victoria
It has been nine days since a spike in community transmissions of COVID-19 began in NSW and the new cases are following a similar trajectory to Victoria in the early days of its latest outbreak.
- by Alexandra Smith, Rachel Clun and Pallavi Singhal
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