Firearms prohibition orders increase by 200% as gun crime falls in Sydney

By Ava Benny-Morrison
Updated October 16 2016 - 10:18pm, first published 8:59pm
Police search the home of the Alameddine family, some of whom are subject to firearms prohibition orders, in December 2015. Photo: Peter Rae
Police search the home of the Alameddine family, some of whom are subject to firearms prohibition orders, in December 2015. Photo: Peter Rae
A man is arrested over a plot to shoot Merrylands Police Station Photo: NSW Police Media Unit
A man is arrested over a plot to shoot Merrylands Police Station Photo: NSW Police Media Unit
Police scour through cars at a Merrylands house in 2015 as part of a FPO search. Photo: Peter Rae
Police scour through cars at a Merrylands house in 2015 as part of a FPO search. Photo: Peter Rae

Whether it was driving to university or down the road with his wife, odds were Youseff Hamze was about to be pulled over.

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