AFP raids multimillion-dollar Double Bay home dressed in hi-vis
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.
The officers had kicked in the door of a home as part of an alleged cocaine bust, the Daily Telegraph reported.
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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