Drug raid shuts down Newtown street

By Ava Benny-Morrison
Updated August 29 2015 - 2:08am, first published 1:17am
A Hazmat crew attended the raid in Newtown. Photo: Nick Moir
A Hazmat crew attended the raid in Newtown. Photo: Nick Moir
A woman is arrested after a string of drug raids in Sydney and Port Stephens. Photo: NSW Police
A woman is arrested after a string of drug raids in Sydney and Port Stephens. Photo: NSW Police
About 6000 amphetamine tablets were seized during drug raids at Port Stephens. Photo: Nathan Patterson
About 6000 amphetamine tablets were seized during drug raids at Port Stephens. Photo: Nathan Patterson
A man is arrested after a series of drug raids in Sydney and Port Stephens. Photo: NSW Police
A man is arrested after a series of drug raids in Sydney and Port Stephens. Photo: NSW Police

Guns, 6000 amphetamine tablets and the drug ice have been seized during a string of simultaneous raids in Sydney's inner west and Port Stephens, police say.