{"id":503985,"date":"2026-02-25T22:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/503985\/"},"modified":"2026-02-25T22:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T22:25:09","slug":"two-charged-as-police-seek-to-crack-coconut-cartel-in-sydney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/503985\/","title":{"rendered":"Two charged as police seek to crack &#8216;Coconut Cartel&#8217; in Sydney"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Two men have been charged as a police strike force works to crack open the self-declared &#8220;Coconut Cartel&#8221; in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.9news.com.au\/sydney\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"Sydney\">Sydney<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Strike Force Helston was established to suppress violence and investigate alleged threats and incidents linked to the syndicate.<\/p>\n<p>At about 5am on Wednesday, January 21, emergency services were called to Randolph Street in Guildford after reports of a car fire.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/e9614c8c-3189-42f3-824b-64c3f4291193.jpeg\"   alt=\"police generic\"\/>Two men have been charged as police investigate a so-called &#8220;cartel&#8221; in Sydney. (Getty)<\/p>\n<p>Police arrived to find a Toyota SUV alight.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighters extinguished the blaze and no injuries were reported.<\/p>\n<p>Cardboard signs referring to the &#8220;Coconut Cartel&#8221; were left on the car, police claim.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeffAt about 6.30pm, police executed a search warrant in Daceyville, where they seized a registration plate, jerry can, replica pistol, and 13 mobile phones, one of them allegedly a dedicated encrypted criminal communication device (DECCD).\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>A 24-year-old man was arrested and charged with multiple weapons offences, destruction of property, possession of suspected stolen goods, and participating in a criminal group.<\/p>\n<p>He remains in custody and will next appear in court today.<\/p>\n<p>At about 11am yesterday, police arrested a 19-year-old man in Silverwater.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>He was charged with destruction of property and participating in a criminal group.<\/p>\n<p>He will also appear in court today.<\/p>\n<p>Anybody with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers <a href=\"https:\/\/nsw.crimestoppers.com.au\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"online\">online<\/a> or on 1800 333 000.\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>NEVER MISS A STORY: Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two men have been charged as a police strike force works to crack open the self-declared &#8220;Coconut Cartel&#8221;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":503986,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-503985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503985","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=503985"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/503985\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/503986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=503985"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=503985"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=503985"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}