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Murray Olds: Australian correspondent on the explosive-laden caravan being labelled a 'hoax'

Details are being revealed about the Sydney caravan hoax - described by police as a 'fake terrorism plot'.NSW police were given a tip-off in January about a caravan at a property in Dural, filled with explosives and a note referencing Jewish targets.Police have now revealed it was a con job - manufactured by organised crime.Australian correspondent Murray Olds says the police say they knew early on that it was a hoax."Explosives from the mining industry - not only were they old and not designed to go off anymore, they didn't have a detonator. And they had written in crayon, from the sound of it, a list of Jewish targets in Sydney." LISTEN ABOVE

Details are being revealed about the Sydney caravan hoax - described by police as a 'fake terrorism plot'. NSW police were given a tip-off in January about a caravan at a property in Dural, filled with explosives and a note referencing Jewish targets. Police have now revealed it was a con job - manufactured by organised crime.

Australian correspondent Murray Olds says the police say they knew early on that it was a hoax. "Explosives from the mining industry - not only were they old and not designed to go off anymore, they didn't have a detonator. And they had written in crayon, from the sound of it, a list of Jewish targets in Sydney.

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