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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Nino Bucci

Blockade Australia activists say police carrying out surveillance refused to identify themselves

Police arrest protesters involved with Blockade Australia
Police arrest protesters involved with Blockade Australia during a raid on a property in the Colo Valley, north-west of Sydney on Sunday. Photograph: NSW police

Blockade Australia activists say New South Wales police officers, who were dressed in camouflage and conducting hidden surveillance, refused to identify themselves when they were discovered at a property in Sydney’s north-west.

According to multiple protesters and their lawyer, a member of the group of about 40 activists camping at the remote property saw two people wearing camouflage gear in bushland at the rear of the property about 8.30am on Sunday.

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