Taskforce Falcon detectives have charged a teenage boy over the alleged staging of a car in Guildford earlier this month.
Taskforce Falcon was established in May 2025 by State Crime Command to investigate and suppress violent crime in the Sydney metropolitan area.
About 5.45pm on Tuesday 27 May 2025, officers attached to Fairfield City Police Area Command were undertaking proactive taskings assigned by Taskforce Falcon when they located an allegedly stolen Mercedes on Junction Street at Guildford.
Police located two firearms during a search of the vehicle – a semi-automatic assault rifle and a handgun. Police also found a jerry can full of fuel, face coverings, and ammunition.
A crime scene was established and the items were seized for forensic examination.
Following inquiries into the staging of the car, about 6pm yesterday (Thursday 29 May 2025), Taskforce Falcon detectives – with assistance from Raptor and South West Metropolitan Operational Support Group – executed a search warrant in Guildford.
During the search police located and seized two mobile phones and clothes relevant to their investigation.
A 16-year-old teenage boy was arrested at the scene and taken to Granville Police Station where he was charged with dispose motor vehicle part-theft=serious indictable offence > $5000, drive conveyance taken without consent of owner and never licensed person drive vehicle on road.
He was refused bail to appear in a children's court today (Friday 30 May 2025).
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