AFP raids multimillion-dollar Double Bay home

Wild footage has shown police raiding a multimillion-dollar home in an alleged cocaine bust in one of Sydney’s most exclusive suburbs.

Wild footage shows a man being escorted away from a home in one of Sydney’s most exclusive suburbs by undercover police officers dressed up as tradies.

Police swarmed a home on Holt Street in Double Bay on Friday afternoon, with officers dressed in riot gear following two men dressed in orange hi-vis shirts as they led the man to a waiting police car.

Wild footage has shown undercover AFP officers raiding a multimillion-dollar home in one of Sydney’s most exclusive suburbs, with some dressed as tradies. Picture: NewsWire

A neighbour who watched the incident unfold said he had been working from home when “a series of really loud bashing and crashing sounds” could be heard nearby.

“A number of cars have pulled up in a hurry and a bunch of undercover cops dressed as tradies jumped out with guns and radios and whatnot,” the neighbour said.

Wild footage has shown undercover AFP officers raiding a multimillion-dollar home in one of Sydney’s most exclusive suburbs, with some dressed as tradies. Picture: NewsWire

“Some crew in substantial SWAT gear were basically just belting on the door, just ramming it trying to get access and during this time more and more police are coming out of the woodwork.”

As the situation developed, the neighbour said the street became a hub of police activity.

“There’s a lot of them moving around in unmarked vehicles and they’re just trying to lock the whole area down,” he said.

The neighbour said the lavish mansion where the raid took place rarely draws attention, although gatherings seem to take place there relatively frequently.

An officer loiters out the front of the luxury home as investigators comb through the premises. Picture: NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

“They’d host a lot of family affairs at the house, always low-key, nothing gnarly … but it was the kind of place where they’d have lot of shindigs.”

Police conducted the operation as part of an alleged cocaine bust, The Daily Telegraph reported.

The exterior of the luxury home which was raided by the AFP on Friday. Picture: NewsWire / Jeremy Piper

An unmarked police car blocked off the street with its lights flashing, and armed officers were seen stationed around the area.

A spokesman for the Australian Federal Police confirmed officers had executed a search warrant at the premises “as part of an ongoing criminal investigation”.

“A man has been arrested,” the spokesman said.

“There is no current threat to the community. Further comment will be made at an appropriate time.”

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Originally published as AFP raids multimillion-dollar Double Bay home