More charges after explosive-laden caravan linked to plot by organised crime figures

But Minns would not specify exactly when he was briefed that the caravan was an organised crime plot, only saying it would have been a “definitive declaration”.

“I can’t tell you the exact dates of when I was briefed other than to say I was briefed three times a week about these investigations for months,” he said.

Asked whether he was concerned about a potential communications breakdown between NSW Police and their federal counterparts, Minns said: “I’ll leave that up to the police agencies”.

The co-chief executive officer of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, Alex Ryvchin said he did not believe Jewish Australians were safer than previously thought after the police revelations.

Speaking on ABC Radio National, Ryvchin said a conclusion could not be definitively drawn. “Ultimately, the things that we’ve seen took place, they weren’t hoaxes. Individuals in our country saw fit to pack a caravan with 40kg of explosives,” he said.

“The fact that they weren’t then intending to actually detonate it, I think is a source of relief, but the fact that there are people who would do this, who would carry out fire bombings on residential streets, who would target the Jewish community to spread fear and advance their own personal interests, I think that adds a dose of terror to what’s already transpiring that we’ve seen over the past year alone.”

Ryvchin’s former Dover Heights home was targeted during the series of antisemitic attacks.

The charges now laid are as follows:

• Nicholas Alexander, 31, was arrested at Camperdown for allegedly preparing and staging cars for the attacks. He was refused bail until April.
• Two men were arrested on the Central Coast – Zac Hall,18, from San Remo and Ryan Hughes, 20, from Canton Beach. Police allege the pair provided vehicles for an arson attack on a childcare centre in Maroubra on January 21 that did more than $3 million damage. Both have been bailed.
• Henry Masivoivoi, 33, was arrested at Wentworthville over allegedly spray painting cars and homes in Kingsford on February 2. He has been refused bail.
• Ford Powell, 25, was arrested at a Box Hill home for allegedly spray painting cars and homes at Queens Park on January 11. He is bail refused.
• Mohammed Hijazi, 40, and a second man, 30, were arrested at a Penshurst home and taken to Kogarah Police Station. Police will allege in court that Hijazi graffitied a home and a school at Maroubra, a shopping centre at Eastgardens, and a home at Eastlakes. He has been refused bail. The younger man was charged with possess or use a prohibited weapon without permit and possess prohibited drug. Police will allege in court that an electronic stun device and steroids were seized during the warrant at the Penshurst property. He was bailed.
• A 26-year-old man, arrested at Wentworth Point, was charged with prohibited drugs, proceeds of crime, possess encrypted device to commit serious criminal activity and failing to grant police access to his phone. He was bailed by police.
• Anthony Tannous, 23, and a second man, 37, were arrested after being transferred from a prison. The younger man was charged with participate criminal group, contribute criminal activity, destroy/damage property intend criminal activity of group¸ drive conveyance taken without consent of owner, supply prohibited drug – indictable and possess prohibited drug. Tannous allegedly spray painted homes and cars at Queens Park in the January 11 attacks and was refused bail. The older man was charged for weapons possession and for being an accessory in the Maroubra child care centre arson attack.
• Two more prisoners were arrested including Sayed Moosawi, 34, who allegedly directed arson attacks at Bondi Beach. The older man was charged allegedly broke into a Bondi business on October 20, 2024 and set it alight. Both remain in custody.
• Cassie Crowder, 26, was charged at Sutherland with being part of a criminal group. The drug methamphetamine and prescription medications were seized during the search of a vehicle at Sutherland and a warrant at a Campbelltown property.
• A 27-year-old woman was also charged over drugs at an Eastlake home.

Others remain before the courts, including Tammie Farrugia, her partner Scott Marshall, and their friend Simon Nichols, who are alleged to be on the “periphery” of the caravan plot.

None have been charged with terrorism offences.