Two men charged following Sydney CBD ram raid investigation
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Two men have been charged following an investigation into an alleged ram raid in Sydney's CBD last week.
About 1.30am on Thursday 22 October 2026, police were called to a store on Elizabeth Street, Sydney, following reports of a break and enter.
Police were told a vehicle was driven into the shopfront before four people exited the vehicle and entered the store. The group allegedly stole luxury handbags and other items before leaving in a second vehicle, a stolen Mercedes station wagon.
Officers attached to Sydney City Police Area Command attended and established a crime scene. Strike Force Emberson was established by detectives to investigate the circumstances surrounding the incident.
A short time earlier, an attempted break and enter allegedly occurred at a jewellery store in Balmain and officers attached to Leichhardt Police Area Command commenced an investigation.
Following extensive inquiries, about 1.40pm on Friday 23 October 2026, officers attached to Sydney City Police Area Command executed a search warrant at a unit on Orpington Street, Ashfield.
He was refused bail and appeared before Bail Division Court 10 on Saturday 24 October 2026, where he was formally refused bail to appear before Downing Centre Local Court on Thursday 29 October 2026.
Following further inquiries, about 11.15am yesterday (Monday 26 October 2026), officers attached to State Crime Command's Armed and Violent Crime Squad arrested a 43-year-old man at a home on Westmoreland Street, Glebe.
He was refused bail and will appear before Bail Division Court 7 Today (Tuesday 27 October 2026).
— NSW PoliceCrime in the Sydney council area
Sydney is a council area in New South Wales with about 241,797 residents. It has a Crime Score 72 out of 100 (high), 55th of 362 councils nationally.
The score blends national percentile ranks for each published offence category with fixed severity weights; here it is driven most by assault (82nd percentile), robbery (95th percentile), sexual offences (79th percentile). Five years earlier the same basis gave 76.
- Violent
- 2,409 per 100k
- Property
- 6,505 per 100k
- Break-ins
- 424 per 100k
- Theft
- 3,981 per 100k
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