IN YET another dramatic day in the life of Salim Mehajer, police officers and financial authorities have raided properties across Sydney connected to the controversial property developer.

Mr Mehajer’s accountants, lawyers and family members were targeted in the tactical sting this morning, which involved about 10 investigators from the Australian Financial Security Authority (AFSA), along with members of NSW Police, forensic accountants and IT specialists.

The operation was carried out at the request of Mehajer’s bankruptcy trustee Paul Weston, of Pitcher Partners.

“The NSW Police Force and AFSA, as well as representatives from the trustee’s office, Pitcher Partners, raided residential and business premises at eight separate locations in Sydney,” a spokesman for Pitcher Partners said in a statement.

“Up to 10 investigators including police, forensic accountants and IT specialists were involved at each of the premises that were raided, indicating the size and scope of the investigation.”

A spokesman for NSW Police told news.com.au its officers were merely preventing a breach of the peace during the raids.

The dramatic operation comes after three months of investigation after Mr Mehajer became bankrupt on March 20 by a federal court judge.

The judge issued the notice after one of the controversial former Auburn deputy mayor’s companies failed to pay a debt of more than $200,000.

The order means his estate will be managed by a trustee who will take control of his property and financial affairs and deal with his creditors.

He is facing the courts again after racking up about 10 concurrent civil and criminal matters, including charges of fraud and perverting the course of justice over allegedly staging a car crash in October last year to avoid a court appearance.

On Thursday last week, Mr Mehajer was granted conditional bail after his sentencing for electoral fraud was adjourned following an “unexpected turn” of events, when Mr Mehajer broke down in court.

The former Auburn deputy mayor appeared in Sydney’s Central Local Court after he was convicted in April of more than 100 counts of electoral fraud.

A Sydney magistrate previously found he acted in a “joint criminal enterprise” with his sister Fatima, to rig the 2012 Auburn Council elections. That election led to him becoming the council’s deputy mayor.

He has not yet been sentenced in relation to that case. A sentencing hearing last week was postponed until tomorrow after his lawyers told the court Mr Mehajer had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.