ACT police joined a major NSW domestic and family violence crackdown for the first time, targeting offenders attempting to evade authorities across the border.

Operation Amarok 14 ran across NSW from Friday to Sunday, while ACT police conducted Operation Shepherd from Wednesday to Sunday using strategies and resources developed from the NSW operation.

The joint approach also involved the Australian Federal Police and focused on sharing information and extraditing people wanted over alleged family violence offences on either side of the border.

As part of the cross-border operation, ACT police arrested a 38-year-old man on Friday on five outstanding NSW warrants relating to domestic violence, drug, property and traffic offences. He was extradited to Queanbeyan and is due to return to court on August 24.

NSW police also arrested a 33-year-old man in Goulburn on Saturday on an outstanding ACT warrant for domestic violence-related offences. He faced court on Sunday for extradition to the ACT.

A 51-year-old Canberra man wanted in NSW after allegedly failing to appear in court over domestic violence-related offences dating back to 2020 was also arrested by ACT police on Thursday and extradited to Queanbeyan.

Across NSW, Operation Amarok resulted in 732 people being charged with 1589 offences, 228 arrest warrants executed and 546 breaches of domestic violence orders identified. Police also seized 118 firearms and 16 weapons.

ACT police Detective Superintendent Kylie Lawson said the operation allowed authorities to pool resources and information to target people who had evaded police.

“We will also seek to continuously improve our response to family violence, to see if there are better ways we can share information with our partners to ensure that offenders are held to account no matter where they live, and victim-survivors are protected.”

News all day, every day at CityNewsQBN.com.au.