Police have arrested four men in a series of dramatic arrests in Cremorne

Police have arrested four men in a series of dramatic arrests in Cremorne

POLICE deliberately crashed into a stolen black Audi RS3 with four men inside alleged to be part of an armed holdup gang which had been terrorising Sydney cash-in-transit guards over the past three months.

Heavily-armed police swooped on the vehicle in Cremorne in Sydney’s north shore today when they believed they were about to hold up guards on their way to collect the weekend takings of a nearby hotel.

What the four did not know as they drove down Cabramatta Street in Cremorne just after midday was they were under surveillance by the Robbery and Serious Crime Squad.

Two of the men had to be tackled by police from the Tactical Operations Unit as they tried to run away. Police were seen to stomp one of the men allegedly caught in possession of a loaded revolver.

Strike Force Dashy was established to investigate cash-in-transit robberies using stolen vehicles in May and July this year.

The first alleged robbery occurred when three men — two armed with a pistol and revolver — approached cash-in-transit security guards in a shopping centre at Marrickville just before 3.30pm on May 5.

Police allege the same men were involved in a failed armed-robbery of security guards carrying cash in Double Bay on July 21. In that incident police say the men were in a Renault Megane stolen from Sydney Airport hours before the attempted robbery.

A week later three men armed with crow bars approached a cash-in-transit van at Alexandria just before 2pm on July 28 2017, threatening the security guards. The men escaped with cash in the stolen Renault.