Police have charged a man following investigations into an arson attack and a shooting at businesses in Harris Park last August, NSW Police say.
Strike Force Selector is a State Crime Command Property Crime Squad investigation into an alleged deliberately-lit fire at a hairdressing salon on Marion Street and a public-place shooting which occurred later that month at a restaurant on Wigram Street.
It was about 4am on Tuesday 4 August 2015, when emergency services responded to a fire at the salon which also spread to a newsagency next door.
Four people in upstairs units were forced to evacuate and detectives later allegedly found evidence of accelerant being used in the fire downstairs.
The damage caused to the buildings is estimated to be about $1 million.
Just three weeks later on Tuesday 25 August 2015, a single-shot was fired into the window of an Indian restaurant on Wigram Street about 9pm.
More than 30 diners and staff members were inside the restaurant at the time of the shooting, but no-one was injured.
Strike Force Selector detectives yesterday arrested a 42-year-old man outside a home in Daniel Street, Granville.
He was taken to Parramatta Police Station where he was charged with damage property by fire, supply prohibited drug (x3), possess prohibited drug and possession of equipment for administering prohibited drugs.
He was granted conditional bail and is due to appear before Parramatta Local Court on Wednesday 1 June 2016.
