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Max Aldred

Prison bed numbers boosted after huge crime clampdown

Police have conducted a two-day search operation, seizing more than 100 weapons in public locations. (HANDOUT/New South Wales Police Force)

Prison remand facilities are being expanded as police conduct high-visibility operations targeting people carrying weapons following a state's horror month of bloodshed.

NSW Premier Chris Minns on Monday committed to adding hundreds of prison beds to the custody network, as police seized 108 weapons in a two-day operation.

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